HRANA – Behnam Vaziri was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on June 20, 2023. More than two months later, he remains in the Ministry’s detention facility in a state of uncertainty.

Since the day of his arrest, Vaziri has been held without clarity about his legal status, a situation that has caused growing concern for his family. To date, no information has been made available regarding the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.

Vaziri, a resident of Tehran, is a Qashqai citizen and a graduate in architecture and civil engineering.

Arbitrary arrests, transferring detainees to undisclosed locations, and leaving families in the dark about the fate of their loved ones are routine practices of the Iranian regime’s security agencies, such as the Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Intelligence Unit. This pattern of behavior stands in clear violation of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules.