Four citizens, including a teenager named Hamid Salehinejad, Jafar Ardalan, Mohammad Karimi, and Sina Asadi Hakim, were arrested by security forces in Sarvabad and taken to an undisclosed location.

According to Kurdpa, security forces detained these four individuals in Sarvabad,  Kurdistan province. Their identities have been reported as “Hamid Salehinejad, 27, Jafar Ardalan, 40, Mohammad Karimi, 31, and Sina Asadi Hakim, 15, residents of a village in Sarvabad County.”

The arrests took place early on Tuesday, November 5, with reports of violence occurring at their residences during the operation.

No information is yet available regarding the reasons for the arrests or the charges against these individuals.

According to data collected by the Department of Statistics and Publication of HRA in 2023, Kurdistan Province accounted for 8.3% of reported human rights violations, including instances of arbitrary detentions.