Continued Detention and Uncertainty Regarding Kamal Lotfi from the Families of the Victims

The website Hrana, the news organ of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, has reported on the uncertainty and lack of information regarding the father of one of the victims of the nationwide protests. According to this report, Kamal Lotfi, the father of Reza Lotfi, one of the victims of the 2022 protests, has been detained for over twenty days and remains in uncertainty. The lack of information about Lotfi's situation has increased his family's concerns. An informed source close to the Lotfi family told Hrana: "Despite the family's follow-ups with security and judicial authorities, the relevant officials continue to refrain from providing a clear response regarding the fate of this citizen. He suffers from a skin disease, which has heightened the worries of his family and those close to him." The Revolutionary Court of Qorveh summoned Kamal Lotfi on April 21 and subsequently detained him. Reza Lotfi's father was also detained by security forces last year in April, "along with beatings," and transferred to Kamyaran Prison. He was released three months later in July. Kamal Lotfi is the father of Reza Lotfi, a 25-year-old who lost his life due to gunfire during the nationwide protests in the city of Dehgolan in September 2022. Pressure on the families of victims related to the "Women, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran continues, and the judiciary of the Islamic Republic has detained several of them and sentenced them to imprisonment and flogging. Human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the Islamic Republic's pressure on the plaintiffs and the families of the victims of the nationwide protests. A human rights organization reported the renewed detention of the father of the victim Reza Lotfi and the summons of civil activist Hossein Ronaghi and Kamal Lotfi, members of the families of the victims, to court.