South Turkish activist Akbar Azad was arrested and taken to an unknown location on August 9 when he went to court.
The human rights news agency HRA reported that Azad was arrested while driving to the Tehran Revolutionary Court of Baharistan to change his identity. The national activist was reportedly arrested after an investigator dismissed a court complaint to the executive branch.
The whereabouts and condition of the national activist are still unknown. However, human rights activists in the region believe that Akbar Azad was detained for 2 years and sentenced to 2 years in exile.
Akbar Azad, along with other activists for the rights of the Turkish language, including Alirza Farshi, Behnam Sheikh and Khamin Manafi Nadarli, was arrested during a ceremony marking International Mother Language Day in 2014. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 2 years in prison. city ​​of Darrashahr, Ilam province, on charges of “participation in the formation. Later, the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to two years in prison and two years in exile.
Akbar was interrogated at Evin prison about two months after his arrest during the Mother Language Day ceremony and was released on bail of 150 million tomans.
Hassan Rashidi, a southern activist, wrote on his Instagram page that "Akbar Azad, a 65-year-old national activist, has severe diabetes and did not take medicine with him when he was arrested." He also noted that the place of deportation of Mr. Akbar Azad was a city in Ilam province.
In connection with the detention of Benitorof Azad, Iranian Arab activist Yusif Azizi stated on his personal Instagram page that "one of his children has MS, is in a wheelchair and needs the care and help of his father."

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