According to information received by the HANA Human Rights Organization, on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, Hiwa Abdollahi, a civil activist from Mahabad County, was temporarily released from Mahabad Central Prison after 28 days of arbitrary detention, upon posting bail of 10 billion tomans.
Mr. Abdollahi was arrested by security forces at his workplace on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, without the presentation of any judicial warrant, and was transferred to an undisclosed location.
According to the report, he spent 15 days in an IRGC Intelligence detention facility, where he was subjected to interrogation accompanied by severe physical and psychological torture. The abuse reportedly resulted in two fractured ribs. After 15 days, he was transferred from the security detention facility to Mahabad Central Prison, with visible signs of torture and fractures on his body.
It should be noted that throughout his detention, Mr. Abdollahi was denied his fundamental rights, including the right to contact and visit his family and access to a lawyer.
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