Intelligent service in the Iranian Kurdistan arrested two people

20:50 - 27 February 2017
Kurdpa agency: Security services in Kermanshah and Diwandareh arrested two Kurdish citizens.

According to Kurdpa News agency, Farzaneh Jalali was arrested at the end of last week in the governmental office in Kermanshah; she was then taken to anonymous location. This prominent women\'s rights activist was arrested when she approached the Real Estate Registration. According to the same report her father’s house was also raided and searched and some personal belong of Farzaneh was taken by the intelligent officers.

This 31 year old civil activist is one of pro-women\'s right activist in the Iranian Kurdistan.

Kurdpa News agency also stated that another Kurdish citizen, named Amjad Sharifi, aged 45, was arrested by intelligent service in Divandareh. This arrest took place in Feb 2017. He was accused of supporting Kurdish opposition parties in Iran. The detainee is from Rashid-Abad village of Divandareh region.

In the both aforementioned arrests there is no further information about the detainees location. Security and intelligent service have refused to respond any enquires about their conditions made by their families.