On July 16, 2022, security forces arrested twelve individuals in Tabriz, Naqadeh and Urmia.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, security forces arrested Hakimeh Ahmadi (an Azerbaijani Turk Activist), Yunes Gholizadeh (an Azerbaijani Turk Activist), Jalal Dehghani, Hamid Pourvali, Yunes Mahmoodi, and Emrahim Azaroghlu in Tabriz, Masoud Abbaszadeh in Naqdeh, and Hooshang Taghizadeh, Michael Gholipour, Hamid Akbarzadeh and Reza Akarzadeh and Reza Etebari Rad, in Urmia.
The reason for these arrests and the individuals’ whereabouts are unknown so far.
Yunes Gholizadeh and Hakimeh Ahmadi had previously been arrested and convicted for their civil activities.