On March 7, 2023, security forces arrested former political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh in Tehran and teacher Sadegh Samerehei in Kermanshah. The agents took them to undisclosed locations.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Kurdpa, on March 7, 2023, teacher and filmmaker Sadegh Samerehei were arrested at his home in Kermanshah. The agent reportedly searched Samerehei’s house and confiscated some of his belonging.

Also, the Independent Iranian Workers Union reported that former political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh was arrested in Tehran.

The Reason for these arrests and their whereabouts are still unknown.

In February 2020, IRGC intelligence agents arrested Parvaneh. Subsequently, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced her to five years and additional punishments. Last February, she was set free following the “pardon and commute” directive.