Security forces set up roadblocks at the entrance to the city for fear of the people at the funeral of the Kurdish athlete

On Friday, January 26, 2024, the funeral of Faryar Amini-Pour, a Kurdish athlete from Saqqez, was held in the presence of thousands of people in the Aychi cemetery in Saqqez. But the security agencies, when the people returned to the city, fearing any possibility, proceeded to create roadblocks.

According to an informed source to Kurdpa; Security agencies, through the highway police and traffic and driving forces, in several points, including the Saqqez highway, prevented the sudden entry of cars and people into the city by creating roadblocks; So that they only kept the place of movement of a car open and waited for the car to go away and give the next car permission to enter the city.

Also, the security agencies, during the ceremony of this athlete, riding on a large number of Samand and Peugeot belonging to the government, and the veiled women and other personal forces riding on them, filmed the crowd.

According to this informed source, it is estimated that more than 130,000 people were present at the funeral of Faryar Amini-Pour. People from different and surrounding cities, including Sanandaj, Baneh, Bokan, Mahabad, etc., also joined this ceremony.

The funeral of Faryar Amini-Pour, a young Kurdish fighter, reminded many of the funeral and fortieth-day of Jina-Mahsa Amini in the Aychi cemetery in Saqqez.

"Martyrs do not die" and "As long as a Kurd is alive, Kurdistan remains" were among the slogans shouted at this ceremony, which many see as reminiscent of the covenant with the revolutionary uprising of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi, and showing the unity of the people again.

Faryar Amini-Pour had been living in the Tiger Muay Thai camp in Thailand for about two years and on the evening of January 10, 2024, the news of his accident and then his death reached his family and relatives.

This young athlete had shone well in several international competitions against prominent fighters in the world.

Faryar was a very well-known and popular athlete among the people. His mother had raised him in poverty and even for a while this fighter had been a Kolbar (porter).