Arrest of two Kurdish citizens on charges of "distributing sweets" on January 22nd

10:59 - 29 January 2020
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 On Wednesday, January 22nd, a Kurdish citizen, Samie Alizadeh, from Urmia, was arrested and transferred to an unknown location on the charge of "disturbing sweets" for the seventy-fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan. 

 This Kurdish citizen's family went to intelligence and judicial agencies after his arrest, but they did not receive a clear response.

 At the same time in Kermanshah, a Kurdish citizen, Abolfazl Zahed, was arrested by intelligence forces, on the charge of "disturbing sweets" for the seventy-fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan.

 This citizen was transferred to an unknown location after his arrest.

 So far, the Kurdish citizen's family's search for his fate has not yielded any results.

 Photo: Abolfazl Zahed and Samie Alizadeh

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