23 April 2026 :
April 22, 2026 - IRAN. Report on the Arrest of Azam Mohebbi by the IRGC
A journalist
Azam Mohebbi, a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news website “Madar-e Sharghi”, who had traveled to Kurdistan Province about 20 days ago to prepare a report, has been arrested by the IRGC Intelligence Organization in Urmia and transferred to one of this institution’s security detention centers.
According to HRANA News Agency, citing BBC Persian, Azam Mohebbi was arrested by the IRGC Intelligence Organization in Urmia. Based on the report, Ms. Mohebbi had traveled to Kurdistan Province about 20 days ago to prepare a report and was subsequently arrested by the IRGC Intelligence Organization in Urmia. The report states that the arrest of this journalist was carried out on suspicion of cooperation with opposition groups.
The report also states, quoting one of Ms. Mohebbi’s close colleagues, that she has gone on a hunger strike due to being held unlawfully in the IRGC detention facility in Urmia.
Azam Mohebbi is a social affairs journalist and has a history of collaboration with newspapers such as “Iran” and “Shargh.”
https://www.en-hrana.org/report-on-the-arrest-of-azam-mohebbi-by-the-irgc-intelligence-organization/
