HRANA– On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, three residents of Taftan County were arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and taken to an undisclosed location.

The detainees have been identified by Haal Vsh as Abdolvahed Pirdadi Rigi, 29, Younes Delavari, 22, Rahmatollah Aramoun, 29. All three are residents of Bidaster village in Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province.

The arrests reportedly took place while they were on duty as security guards at the Taftan County gold mine, and were carried out by Ministry of Intelligence agents without prior notice. Efforts by their families and relatives to obtain information from security and judicial authorities about their fate have so far yielded no results, heightening their concerns.

As of the time of this report, no information is available regarding the reasons for their arrest, their place of detention, or the charges against them.

Arbitrary arrests, transferring detainees to undisclosed locations, and leaving families in the dark about the fate of their loved ones are routine practices of the Iranian regime’s security agencies, such as the Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Intelligence Unit. This pattern of behavior stands in clear violation of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules.