Ebrahim Gol-Anbar is the brother of Esmail Gol-Anbar, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Javanrud, Kermanshah Province.
Arrest
Gol-Anbar was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence near Bisotun, Kermanshah Province, while returning from Tehran on 25 December 2024 and taken to the Meydan-e Naft detention facility in Kermanshah.
At the same time, Hassan Hassanzadeh, his father-in-law from the village of Chamanzar in Javanrud, was arrested after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Javanrud.
Defendant’s Rights
He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention.
Current Status
Gol-Anbar was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, to the city’s central prison after about 10 days of interrogation, and was provisionally released on bail on 6 January 2025.
Additional Information
1. Esmaeil Gol-Anbar was shot dead by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom protests in Javanrud on 21 November 2022.
2. Women, Life, Freedom Uprising: Jina Amini (Mahsa Amini), a 21-year-old Kurdish woman from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on a street in Tehran on 13 September 2022 by the morality police because of the way she was dressed. Shortly after her arrest, she was transferred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran with head injuries and symptoms of brain death, and passed away three days later on 16 September 2022. The government’s killing of Jina sparked unprecedented anti-government protests, which began with a large turnout at her funeral at Aichi Cemetery in Saqqez and quickly spread to many cities across Iran. These widespread protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which lasted for several months, resulted in at least 527 protesters being killed and thousands injured and arrested. The protests are known for their central slogan of “Women, Life, Freedom” (Kurdish: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi).
