Security officials arrested 5 people in Urmia and Boukan

13:14 - 25 August 2016
Kurdpa agency: Mass arrests of Kurdish citizen of Iran were resumed after a short period of relatively peaceful atmosphere.

According to Kurdpa News agency, at the end of the last week security forces in Urmia arrested a 22 years young man whose name is Hakim Shojaee son of Saddiq. He is from Gandaveleh village of Oshnavieh region.

Referring to this news although the family of this Kurdish detainee have tried for four days to visit their child in the News headquarters (setadeh khabari which is part of sepah pasdaran) in urmia however all these attempts were failed. FurthermoreHakim Shojaee is a young seminarian in Salahaddin theological school in Urmia.

At the beginning of the last month 19 seminarians were also arrested in Piranshar.On the other hand, last Friday 19/09/2016 four Kurdish citizens of Boukan were apprehended by civilian cloth officers of Iranian intelligent service. Securityofficials have recently raided Emam Gazali Mosque and arrested some people during evening routine pray. The identities of detainees have yet to be revealed.

According to reliable associate of Kurdpa agency Ministry of intelligence in Iran have launched a series of illegal arrest under the pretext of “ dealing with Salafist group”.

Within the last two weeks arresting and summoning people in Iranian Kurdistan were about to be reduced however after a series of event in Kermanshah, security institutes in Iran launched another series of arresting under the pretext of dealing with Salafist’s influence and insurgency in the region.

This summer 56 Kurdish citizens of Iran have been arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and intelligent service. The fait of many of them are still shrouded in mystery.

According to Human right watchdog at least 390 Kurdish are in prison in Iran. Majority of these prisoners are accused of *Moharabeh or combat.

* In the Iranian sharia law or Islamic punishment, Moharebeh is an individual who uses gun in order to create violation within the society.