Arrest of a Kurdish teenager in Piranshahr

11:32 - 14 May 2020

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On Monday evening, May 11, security forces arrested a Kurdish teenager named Sami Sharifian, 17, son of Hasan from the city of Pashweh in Piranshahr, and taken him to an unknown location.

According to an informed source, security forces raided the teenager's home and arrested him without any legal permission.

No motive has been identified for this teenager's arrest and where he is.

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