Sayed Reza Ehsani is an Afghan cultural producer and media worker with over six years of experience at Nama Media Cultural and Artistic Institute. Before 2021, he worked in the Institute's cultural products store. Since 2021, he served as a production manager for Afghan TV series at Nama Media.

In May 2025, Taliban intelligence agents (Directorate 015) and the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice raided Nama Media’s office, confiscating all personal and work belongings. Ehsani and his colleague were arrested, blindfolded, and transferred to Directorate 015 headquarters in Kabul.

During his detention, he was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture, forced to read pre-written false confessions on video under threat of death, and repeatedly beaten to unconsciousness.

After ten days of torture and coerced confessions, he was transferred to the 6th security district office until signs of torture faded, then released on bail under the condition of daily reporting to authorities. Later, his forced confession video was published on official Taliban social media pages, leading to public threats against his life and eviction by his landlord.

He now suffers from severe trauma symptoms, lives in hiding, and fears re-arrest, torture, or disappearance like other detainees previously released under similar conditions.