Arrest of Reza Tahmasebi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Sanandaj and Kalatarzan by security forces

11:36 - 25 June 2022

Reza Tahmasbi, a teacher union activist and a member of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Sanandaj and Kalatarzan, was arrested by security forces on Monday, June 20.

 According to an informed source, security forces arrested the teachers' union activist without issuing a court order.

 Considering the arrest of this teacher union activist, five members of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Sanandaj and Kalatarzan have been arrested by security forces so far.

 No exact information is available on the reason for the arrest and the charges against the teachers' union.

 Names of teachers union activists arrested in Sanandaj:

 Reza Tahmasebi, Ghias Nemati, Salah Haji Mirzaei and Mohammad Reza Moradi and Behzad Ghavami