Two labor activists arrested

22:18 - 5 September 2018
Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa): Two Kurdish labor activists, from Sna (Sanandaj) were arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Service.

According to reliable sources, on September 4, two Kurdish labor activists, Mozafar Salehnia and Khaled Hoseini, both of them from Sna (Sanandaj), were arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Service. Mozafar Salehnia is a member of the Director Board of the Iran’s Workers Free Union and Khaled Hoseini is a member of the Coordinating Committee of Creating Labor Unions.

There is not any given information about their allegations.

A few Kurdish labor activists and environmental activists have during the last few days been summoned by the News Board of the Intelligence Service in Sna. The reason behind their arrests has been reported as their participation in a ceremony to commemorate Sharif Bajoor and his companions, who lost their lives in fighting a forest blaze in Mariwan a week ago, when they were arrested.

Mozafar and Khaled had been summoned by the Iranian Inteligence organizations several times before.