February 2, 2026 — Karo Manbari, a 19-year-old Kurdish youth from the village of Nir and a resident of Hasanabad, in the county of Sanandaj, was arrested following a violent raid by security forces on his family home. He was detained…
February 2, 2026; “Alireza Bidaki,” a 20-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish citizen from “Bojnord” and resident of “Tehran,” is the identity of another victim of the popular protests of January 8, 2026, in “Tehran,” who lost his life due to the…
February 2, 2026; “Pezhman Fakhri,” a 34-year-old Yarsani Kurdish citizen from “Sahneh” in “Kermanshah” province, is the identity of another victim of the popular protests of January 8, 2026, in the “Taq-e Bostan” area of “Kermanshah.” He…
February 2, 2026; “Arin Karimian,” a 21-year-old Kurmanji Kurdish youth from “Mashhad” and a sixth-semester mechanical engineering student, is the identity of another victim of the popular protests of January 8, 2026, on “Haft-e Tir” Street…
February 2, 2026; “Mehdi Ghanbari,” a 28-year-old Kurdish youth from “Malekshahi” in “Ilam” province, is the identity of another individual wounded during the popular protests of January 8, 2026, in “Ilam,” who lost his life on January 17,…
February 2, 2026; “Amirmehdi Moradi,” a 15-year-old teenager, student, and a child of the Lak people from the “Itivand” tribe, is the identity of another victim of the popular protests of January 9, 2026, in the “Ghaemieh” neighborhood of…
February 2, 2026; After 25 days since the arbitrary and violent arrest of “Jalil Jafakash,” a Kurdish citizen from “Sarpol-e Zahab” in “Tehran,” there is no information regarding his fate or place of detention.
February 1, 2026; Weseh Ravanan (known as “Khaldar”), a Kurdish political activist residing in Iraqi Kurdistan, has faced a continuous, organized, and multi-layered series of pressures, life threats, psychological warfare, cyberattacks, and…
February 2, 2026; Following 15 days of the arbitrary and violent detention of “Kian Negahdar,” a Kurdish civil and cultural activist, and after his transfer to “Darreh Shahr” and “Ilam” prisons, this citizen remains in a state of…
February 2, 2026; From January 17 to January 30, 2026, at least four Kurdish citizens from various cities in "Ilam" province—identified as “Reza Sheikhizadeh,” “Farhad Nasiri,” “Milad Esmaeili,” and “Mashallah Soltanian”—have been arrested…
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