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.
Reports from Iran indicate that during the violent suppression of nationwide protests, the Islamic Republic has arrested, summoned, and threatened doctors and medical staff who treated protesters wounded by live ammunition and pellet guns.
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.
During the identification of their loved ones’ bodies, these families specifically observed faint movement of the chest, weak breathing, and very limited vital signs in some of the bodies.
Armin Nourmohammadi was arrested in 2023, after the end of the 2022 protests, along with eight others in Islamshahr.
According to reports received by Awatoday, Melika Shahmoradi, a 16-year-old Kurdish teenager from Kerend-e Gharb, in Kermanshah Province (Iranian Kurdistan), was killed on Thursday, January 8, 2026, during popular protests in the Shahrak-e Moallem neighborhood of Kerman
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.
Amir Mobarez Parastar, head of the Munich Eye Center, said in an interview with an Iranian media outlet that, based on precise information provided to him, more than 6,000 people with eye injuries have visited Noor Eye Clinic in Tehran over the past few days.
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
