Following the continued security crackdown on the January protests, at least 39 Kurdish civilians have been arrested by security forces in the cities of Dareh Shahr, Dehloran, Badreh, Chradoul, Sarableh, and Abdanan in Ilam province.
HANA Human Rights Organization has learned that between January 1 and January 4, 2026, at least 39 Kurdish civilians were arrested in connection with the recent protests and transferred to unknown locations.
Among those detained are several children and teenagers under the age of 18, which has raised serious concerns about violations of children’s rights.
The identities of the detainees confirmed by HANA Human Rights Organization are as follows:
- Jafar Rahbari, 30, from Ilam
- Moein Maleki, 16-year-old minor, from Dehloran, Ilam province
- Milad Shapsandi, 21, from Ilam
- Reza Chakav, 19, from Ilam
- Moein Fazeli, 18, from Badreh
- Mehdi Gheysarbeigi, 37, from Sarableh
- Mehdi Faghihi, 19, from Ilam
- Armin Karimi, 21, from Ilam
- Ali Sajadian, 19, from Ilam
- Mehdi Kohani, from Ilam
- Amir Mohammad Sohrabian, from Ilam
- Hassan Nourdinvand, 29, from Dareh Shahr
- Milad Karami, 23, from Ilam
- Alireza Naghi Zadeh, 27, from Sarableh
- Mohadeseh Razaz Zadeh, 19, from Ilam
- Ali Saraei, 19, from Ilam
- Dr. Ali Akbar Omidi, 40, from Ilam
- Mohammad Amin Bazgir, from Dareh Shahr
- Amir Morad Haseli, 22, from Badreh
- Meysam Nouri, 21, from Ilam
- Amin Yousefzadeh, 21, from Ilam
- Mohammad Mehdi Aidian, from Ilam
- Javad Malek, 25, from Sarableh
- Omid Eini, 23, from Dehloran
- Reza Abdshahi, 18, from Badreh
- Behzad Abasi, 26, from Shabab
- Hiva Abasi, from Shabab
- Nima Naseri, 20, from Dareh Shahr
- Reza Bagherinejad, from Sarableh
- Shahin Gheysarbeigi, from Sarableh
- Abolfazl Saki, 14-year-old minor, from Dehloran
- Fa’ezeh Rashidi, from Badreh
- Mehdi Sheikhi, 33, from Abdanan
- Abdollah Ahmadi, 38, from Abdanan
- Ahmad Hassanvand Amouzadeh, 30, from Armu, Dareh Shahr
- Mehdi Hashemian, 30, from Armu, Dareh Shahr
- Iraj Rostami Mehr, from Shabab
- Pouya Naderi, 19, from Abdanan
- Amir Issazadeh, 30, from Armu, Dareh Shahr
HANA Human Rights Organization has expressed deep concern over the ongoing mass arrests and the lack of information about the fate of detainees, and is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested, as well as for security and judicial authorities to adhere to human rights standards and basic civil rights.