Foad Najafian

Foad Najafian is from Sanandaj. He was arrested during the countrywide uprising in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='43750'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=19535'> The security forces arrested Foad Najafian, Bahram Najafian, and Gashtyar Najafian in Sanandaj. About three weeks after their arrest, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network confirmed their arrest and reported that the IRGC Intelligence arrested them during the protests in Sanandaj and took them to IRGC's Shahramfar lockup. The Kurdistan Human Rights Organization also reported that they were severely tortured during interrogation and there were signs of torture on their body when they were transferred to the quarantine ward of Sanandaj Central Prison. They were arrested in the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43751'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=19535'> He was released after two weeks in Sanandaj Central Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>