Shno: Iran security forces in arrest four Kurdish citizens

14:51 - 14 August 2017
Kurdpa agency: Four Kurdish citizens from Shno (Ashnavia) in the West Azerbaijan Province were arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location.

Based on reports received by Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa), on Saturday, 11 August, four civilians were arrested by the Shno security forces.

Kurdpa’s correspondent in the city announced the identity of two of the two detainees as \"Khalil and Siddiq Ehini (father and son)\" from the village of \"Singan\" in Shno.

According to an informed source, the security forces arrested two other Kurdish citizens in the city, the identities of these detainees are still not known to Kurdpa.

The reason for the arrest of these four Kurdish citizens has not yet been announced. But the local sources stated that they were detained because of \"cooperation with the Kurdish parties’ opposition to the Islamic State of Iran”.

No further information is available on the fate of these detainees, and the families have still not been informed about the reasons for their arrest and where they are held.