Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Detained Kurdish civilians Heidar Ebrahimi and Aram Molaei were released on bail from Sanandaj and Kamyaran prisons in the past few days. Ebrahimi, who is a wrestler and the janitor of the Kamyaran Wrestling House, was released from the prison of Kamyaran on 1 February. He was arrested by Iranian security forces on 18 January in Kamyaran and was taken to the detention centre of the...

Kurdish wrestler Heidar Ebrahimi was arrested by Iranian security forces on 18 January in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, and was taken to an undisclosed location. "During the [recent anti-government] protests in Kamyaran, a [TV] channel affiliated with the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) published an image of Heider Ebrahimi, accusing him of participating in the protests. It asked that security agencies deal...