On October 8, 2022, security forces arrested Lotfi and Masoud Nikkhah, the members of the Teachers’ Trade Association of Mariwan and one day later transferred them from Mariwan to Evin Prison in Tehran.
These teachers union activists were arrested at their houses in Mariwan.
On May 1, 2022, Lotfi and Nikkhah were also arrested by security forces and then released on bail on August 20.
The reason for these arrests and the charges are still unknown.