News Center — Following their participation in the memorial ceremony for lawyer Khosro Ali Kordi, Iranian authorities arrested several activists, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, subjecting them to beatings and mistreatment. Human rights organizations condemned the arrests and demanded their release.

Twenty political and civil activists issued a statement regarding the events in Mashhad, describing the arrests of political and civil activists at Kordi’s memorial as "a brief display of the alarming state of freedom and security, reflecting the government’s incompetence and irresponsibility in Iran today." Signatories included Doostadeh Samqi, Mojan Ilanlu, and Vida Rabbani.

The statement read: "As in the past, instead of protecting the right to hold memorial ceremonies and ensuring citizen safety, security forces attacked participants and arrested around 40 people, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, demonstrating that suppressing civil voices under the pretext of chaos is deliberate."

It emphasized that the violent arrest of political and civil activists is not a reaction to "disorder" but part of a systematic effort to deliberately restrict civil society and silence voices demanding the right to self-determination, human dignity, and peaceful transition from oppression.

The statement held Iranian authorities and their agents fully responsible for any physical or psychological harm to detainees and called for the immediate and unconditional release of all freedom seekers, particularly those arrested during the ceremony, stressing that "the country’s deep political and social crisis can only be resolved by returning sovereignty to the people."