Armenia’s Investigative Committee says simultaneous searches are underway at 65 addresses. Separately, Strong Armenia says investigators are searching the homes of its leader, Samvel Karapetyan, and its parliamentary faction leader, Narek Karapetyan. Narek Karapetyan says they seized computers from his home.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee said simultaneous searches were underway at 65 addresses on 4 November as part of criminal proceedings handled by its General Directorate for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Smuggling.
Strong Armenia spokesperson Aghavni Sukiasyan told Azatutyun that law enforcement had been searching the homes of party leader Samvel Karapetyan and parliamentary faction leader Narek Karapetyan since early morning. She said searches also covered other addresses associated with the family. The committee confirmed the wider operation but did not identify those homes in its statement.
Speaking to reporters after the investigative actions, Narek Karapetyan said investigators had seized computers from his home. He put the number of searches of his home at 4 but gave no details about the criminal case.
Narek Karapetyan’s home had been subject to investigative actions before. In a 8 July 2025 report, CivilNet relayed the committee’s announcement of urgent investigative actions at his home and the headquarters of Electric Networks of Armenia. The report identified him as the company’s board chairman and Samvel Karapetyan as its owner. Narek Karapetyan said investigators had seized 37 of his work documents from his office.
The committee has not disclosed whether the latest searches concern new criminal proceedings or earlier cases.
Narek Karapetyan alleged that the searches were pressure over Strong Armenia’s opposition to a new constitution. He accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of trying to change the party’s position and said the party would not change it. Authorities had not responded to the allegation, Azatutyun said.
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The committee’s spokesperson told Azatutyun that the committee would issue a statement during the day.
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The update adds Narek Karapetyan’s account of computers seized during his fourth home search and his allegation of political pressure, while the connection to earlier cases remains undisclosed.
