According to information received by the Hana Human Rights Organization, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Matin Faramarzi, a Kurdish cultural activist from Mahabad County, was arrested after being summoned to the Sentence Enforcement Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Mahabad and transferred to Mahabad Prison to begin serving his sentence.
Faramarzi had previously been sentenced to six months of Ta’zir imprisonment by Branch One of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court on the charge of “propaganda against the state.”
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Matin Faramarzi was arrested by security forces using violence and without the presentation of a judicial warrant. He was temporarily released on bail after the interrogation process was completed.