October 30, 2026; Keyvan Rasouli-Azar, a Kurdish citizen from Oshnavieh and nature photographer who was previously arrested in December 2025 and sentenced to discretionary imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court, was arrested and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison to serve his sentence.

An informed source confirmed this news to Kurdpa, stating that on Saturday, October 24, 2026, Keyvan Rasouli-Azar was arrested to serve his one-year discretionary sentenced imprisonment term and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison. He had previously received a notification from the Sentence Execution Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh requiring him to report to prison for sentence execution.

In late September 2026, Keyvan Rasouli-Azar was sentenced by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh, presided over by Judge Ali Ansari, to two years of discretionary imprisonment on charges of "sending information to foreign media outlets" and under Article 508 of the Islamic Penal Code titled "cooperation with hostile states." Following his appeal, this sentence was reduced to one year of discretionary imprisonment in October 2026.

On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Intelligence Department security forces in two vehicles raided Keyvan Rasouli-Azar's home, arresting him without a judicial warrant and transferring him to a security detention facility in Urmia. Following nearly a month of detention, he was temporarily released on bail.

Keyvan Rasouli-Azar, 43 years old, is married, has a child, and works in the field of nature photography.