The Number of Detainees in Mahabad Reaches Three; Keyvan Seyyedahmadi and Sirvan Shavoleh Arrested by Security Forces

00:00 - 30 October 2025

In the continuation of the wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens in Mahabad, two Kurdish citizens named "Keyvan Seyyedahmadi" and "Sirvan Shavoleh," the husband of Jalal Sadafi, a Kurdish political prisoner, were arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location.

On the evening of Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Keyvan Seyyedahmadi, a citizen from the village of "Biram" in Mahabad, was arrested by security forces at his family home without the presentation of a judicial warrant and was transferred to an unknown location.

Also, in the early hours of Wednesday, October 29, 2025, Sirvan Shavoleh, a citizen from Mahabad, was arrested during a raid by security forces on his family home without the presentation of a judicial warrant and was transferred to an unknown location.

It is worth noting that his husband, Jalal Sadafi, was arrested by security forces in the early hours of Sunday, December 15, 2024, and has been held in Mahabad Prison in a state of legal limbo under a temporary detention order until now.

Until the moment of publication of this news, no information is available regarding the reason for the detention or the charges brought against Keyvan Seyyedahmadi and Sirvan Shavoleh.

In the same connection, on the evening of Tuesday, October 28, 2025, Khezer (Shamal) Rasoul-Movat, a former political prisoner from Mahabad, was arrested at his personal residence by security forces and transferred to an unknown location.