Two Kurdish political prisoners begin a hunger strike in Kermanshah

In a statement, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network said that two Kurdish political prisoners have begun a hunger strike. It stated that retired teacher Mehdi Baqiri and activist Keyo Mers Waizi, who are being held in Dizlawa Prison in Kermanshah, started their hunger strike four days ago.

It was explained that both Kurdish political prisoners began the hunger strike to protest the intervention of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence in their case files while the investigations were still ongoing.

Mehdi Baqiri and Keyo Mers Waizi were detained by Iranian forces during protests on January 5, 2026, and after the investigation was completed they were transferred to the central Dizlawa Prison in Kermanshah.

Keyo Mers Waizi, a teacher for 27 years, had also been detained during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising. He was later forced into retirement and sentenced to six years in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Songhor on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “disrupting national security.”