Five Kurdish citizens arrested, their whereabouts unknown

21:11 - 19 October 2018
Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa): Iranian Intelligence Service arrested five Kurdish citizens, all of them from the city of Mariwan.

According to our reliable sources, on Thursday, October 18th, five Kurdish citizens were arrested by Iranian Intelligence Service in Mariwan.

The identities of detainees are as follows:

- Beryar Kawa, 25, son of Amin, from the village of Ne in Mariwan
- Mohsen Hooshmand, son of Khosrow, from the village of Ne in Mariwan
- Hamid Parwaza, 28, son of Mohammad, from the village of Ne in Mariwan
- Karwan Ahmadi, son of Jalal, from Mariwan
- Rahman Sedighi, son of Isa, from Mariwan

They were transferred to unknown whereabouts.

The detainees’ allegations are similar as they have all been charged with “cooperation with a Kurdish, opposition group”.