Afshin Hosseinpanahi, a civil and environmental activist and the brother of Ramin Hosseinpanahi, who was executed in 2018, was re-arrested on February 10, 2026, by forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Organization and transferred to an unknown location.
On February 10, 2026, Khabat Dehdar, a Kurdish labor activist and former political prisoner, was arrested by Iranian intelligence agents and transferred to an unknown location.
According to received information, the organizers of the "Pir Shalyar" ceremony have decided to cancel this
According to reports by the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, Jalal Faramarzi, a Kurdish teacher from Ilam, was summoned to the Intelligence Department of the IRGC after publishing a protest video and calling for a nationwide strike.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced Pouria Saeedi, a Kurdish protester, wrestler, and former member of the national team, to 15 years of discretionary imprisonment, as part of its continuing campaign of repression against protesters and their families.
According to a report received by Avatoday, Keyomars Vaezi, a retired Kurdish teacher, was arrested on Monday, January 5, 2026, in front of his private residence in the city of Sonqor, located in Kermanshah Province in Iranian Kurdistan, by plainclothes security agents.
According to reports received by Avatoday, Soran Feyzi-Zadeh, a detained Kurdish citizen, has died under torture at the hands of Iranian security institutions.
According to reports received by Avatoday, protesters in Paveh County, in Kermanshah Province in Iranian Kurdistan, took to the streets on Friday, 9 January 2026, one day after the nationwide general strike across Kurdistan.
According to the latest reports received by Avatoday, following the nationwide Kurdistan general strike on Friday, January 8, 2026, residents of Ilam and other cities across the province took to the streets, launching widespread protests on Friday as well as Saturday and Sunday
According to reports received by AvaToday, from the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026, until Saturday, widespread protests took place in the city of Ilam, one of the cities of Iranian Kurdistan.
