Mehdi (Sikan) Roshani

مهدی (سیکان) روشنی

Also known as سیکان

Ilam

12 August 2026 At imminent risk of execution

Life

• Kurdish political prisoner
  Persian original

  زندانی سیاسی کُرد

The case

• He was sentenced to death by the Ilam Revolutionary Court on the charge of "moharebeh" (waging war against God)
  Persian original

  از سوی دادگاه انقلاب ایلام به اتهام «محاربه» به اعدام محکوم شد

• Roshani has been accused of killing one of the police agents
  Persian original

  روشنی به قتل یکی از ماموران نیروی انتظامی متهم شده است

After their death

• During his transfer and interrogation he was severely beaten
  Persian original

  او هنگام انتقال و بازجویی، به‌شدت مورد ضرب‌وشتم قرار گرفته است

• Marks of electric shocks and lashes were visible all over his body
  Persian original

  آثار شوک الکتریکی و ضربات شلاق در سراسر بدن او مشهود بود

• Despite enduring torture, Roshani had not agreed to confess
  Persian original

  روشنی با وجود تحمل شکنجه حاضر به اعتراف نشده بود

• He was released on bail at the end of Ordibehesht, but about two weeks later was arrested again, and since then his family have had no news of his situation
  Persian original

  او اواخر اردیبهشت با سپردن وثیقه آزاد شد، اما حدود دو هفته بعد بار دیگر بازداشت شد و خانواده‌اش از آن زمان تاکنون از وضعیت او بی‌خبرند

Sources

1. Iran International
2. Iran International
3. Iran International
4. Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
5. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
6. Kurdpa

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• At risk of execution
• The year 1405 (2026–2027)
• Ilam Province
• Ilam

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