Iranian security forces have detained two Kurdish civilians named Mohammad Fadavi and Rahmatollah Salehian in the village of Malqarani in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 5 December.

The detentions are part of the recent arrest wave of Kurdish civilians and activists in the province.

Reportedly, security forces raided and searched the houses of the civilians before arresting them.

The arrests were made without a court order. The charges against the civilians are also unknown.

Since the beginning of the wave of arrests, security forces have detained five Kurdish civilians in the village of Malqarani in Saqqez alone.

On 11 November, the Ministry of Intelligence launched a fresh wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists. So far, the ministry has detained at least 38 people in Baneh, Saqez, Marivan, and Sanandaj in Kurdistan province.

List of the recent detainees:

Salah Pezeshki, Rafigh Pezeshki, Manaf Pezeshki, Behzad Pezeshki, Karim Pezeshki, Haji Aboubakr Pezeshki, Loghman Pezeshki, Farhad Pezeshki, Farzad Pezeshki, Ahmad Pezeshki, Arsalan Pezeshki, Kamran Pezeshki, Saeid Rashidi, Jamal Morovvati, Osman Mohammadpour, Saeid Ghaderi, Kurdo Hosseinpour, Ali Chomani, and Zagros Rashidi in the villages of Choman, Namshir, Najneh, and Kupich in Baneh

Mohammad Mahjour, Abdollah Mahjour, Ayoub Minaei, Zanko Masoudi, Mohammad Fadavi, Rahmatollah Salehian in the village of Malqarani and Pir Omran in Saqqez

Keyvan Minoui, Farid Derakhshani, Edris Bahramian, Mohammad Ahmadi, Abdolrahman Afshar, and Abdolrahman Ashtak in the village of Ney in Marivan

Aram Moradian in Sanandaj

Zanyar Menbari, Milad Menbari, Arash Menbari, Sivan Menbari, Saadi Menbari, and Siyamak Menbari in Niyar village of Sanandaj