Interrogation of Four Political Activists in Kermanshah and Arrest of One

According to reports, four political activists in the city of Sanandaj in Kermanshah province have been summoned and interrogated by the Intelligence Department due to their activities on social media, and one of them has been arrested. Kiumars Vaez, a high school teacher and political activist residing in Sanandaj, informed the Human Rights Campaign in Iran that in recent days, four veteran political activists from Sanandaj have been summoned and interrogated by the Kermanshah Intelligence Department. According to Mr. Vaez, he, along with Borouj Naderi, a high school math teacher, Ehsan Darabi, a taxi driver, and Fahim Naseri, a self-employed individual, have been summoned to the Kermanshah Intelligence Department and have been "interrogated for hours." Mr. Vaez also reported that Ehsan Darabi has been detained since Wednesday, January 26, and has contacted his family asking them to prepare bail for him. According to Mr. Vaez, several political and civil activists residing in Sanandaj have created a Telegram channel named "Today West, Uncensored Media," where they publish writings and news related to Kermanshah and other cities in Iran. The report also mentions that Zahra Asadi, Kiumars Vaez's wife, has also been summoned via text message by the Kermanshah security police. Ms. Asadi is a law student at Payame Noor University and was responsible for Hassan Rouhani's women's campaign in the 2017 presidential election. According to the report, Kiumars Vaez has previously been summoned regarding this case, and his first court session is scheduled for February 20. In the past two weeks, 13 environmental activists and members of the National Unity Party in Kurdistan province have also been arrested. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, which covers news about Kurdish civil activists, has warned about the violence used during the arrests of these individuals and the fabrication of security charges against them. The severe government crackdown and the risk of protests becoming "underground" are highlighted. What doctors and eyewitnesses recount about the injured protesters, the revelation of limitations in China-Iran relations amidst protests, the summons and interrogation of cinema house managers and several filmmakers, accounts from three eyewitnesses about the massacre and situation in several cities in Isfahan province, the death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amidst the Iran crisis, and Trump's announcement of an agreement to hold a meeting about Greenland in Davos, as well as his emphasis on "stopping executions in Iran": we do not know what will happen in the future.