Urgent Protection Required for Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, and Other Individuals Jailed for their Writing, Expression, or Assembly, Amid Nationwide Protests and Internet Shutdown
January 14, 2026; The identity of another victim of the popular protests in Karaj, named “Seyyed Milad Hosseini,” a Yarsani Kurd from Zardeh, Dalahoo, has been confirmed by Kurdpa.
January 14, 2026; The identity of “Keivan Rezaei,” a Yarsani Kurdish citizen, during the popular protests of January 8, 2026, in the “Dareh-Derizh” neighborhood of Kermanshah, has been confirmed for “Kurdpa.”
January 14, 2026; “Ardashir Zarei,” a Yarsani Kurd from Dalahu and resident of Saveh, on Monday, January 5, 2026, while suffering from heart disease and after visiting a doctor and then a pharmacy to obtain medication, was targeted from…
January 14, 2026; The identity of “Siavash Shirzad,” a Kurdish citizen from Bukan and resident of Tehran, during the popular protests of January 8, 2026, has been confirmed for “Kurdpa.”
January 13, 2026; The identity of “Zahra Moradi,” a young Kurdish woman from Bukan and resident of Tehran, during the popular protests of January 8, 2026, has been confirmed for “Kurdpa.”
January 14, 2026; The identity of another of those killed in the popular protests in the city of “Varamin,” Tehran, has been confirmed for “Kurdpa” as a 24-year-old youth named “Erfan Alizadeh,” from the city of “Lomar,” a suburb of Ilam…
January 13, 2026; Five days after the arbitrary detention of a Yarsani Kurdish family in Kerend Dalahu named “Seyed Farshad Shafiei,” 45 years old and the father of the family, “Seyedeh Ghazal Shafiei,” 23 years old and the daughter of the…
January 13, 2026; Six days after the arbitrary detention of “Diako Azimi,” a Kurdish citizen from Javanrud in Kish, there is no information regarding his fate.
January 13, 2026; “Ebrahim Ahmadpourian,” a Kurdish citizen from Saqqez who was engaged in labor work in Tehran and whose identity Kurdpa had previously confirmed and published, has not yet been delivered to his family after 5 days due to…
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