Iranian forces continue house raids and arrests even after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week ordered an amnesty or reduced sentences for tens of thousands of people amid anti-government protests that have continued since September.

Iranian security forces detained civilians Mohammad Faraji, Afshin Rasouli, and Reza Mohammad-Reza in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, on 22 February.

The civilians were arrested without a judicial order and taken to an undisclosed location, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.

Faraji was previously arrested on 14 January and released on bail after about a month.

Human rights groups estimate that nearly 20,000 people have been jailed since demonstrations broke out over the death of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the country's morality police.

According to Human Rights Activists in Iran, which has been tracking the crackdown, at least 527 people have been killed in the government's crackdown on protests. The group also says Iran executed four of those detained in hastened trials, which have been condemned internationally.

Iran has announced mass pardons in the past, usually around religious holidays or, in this case, on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution that brought the regime to power.