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Three Kurdish citizens, including a Sunni cleric, were arrested by security forces in Piranshahr and Sardasht

06:33 - 9/5/2024

Three Kurdish citizens, including a Sunni cleric, were arrested by security forces in Piranshahr and Sardasht

In the continuation of the wave of arrests in Kurdistan, security forces have arrested two citizens and a Sunni cleric in Sardasht and Piranshahr and taken them to unknown places.

According to the report of Hana's colleagues: On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, two citizens named "Ayoub Rasulzade", an environmental activist from Piranshahr, and "Haji Barza" from the village of "Chiane" in Piranshahr, were arrested by the security forces without presenting a warrant.
According to received reports; Haji Barza, the brother of the Kurdish political prisoner Bapir Barza, was arrested by the security forces at his workplace without a court order.
Also, on Tuesday " May 7, 2024", a Kurdish Sunni cleric with the identity of Mamosta "Abdullah Barzegar", the Friday imam of the village of "Kunakhmeshkeh" in Sardasht city, was arrested by the security forces.
According to a source, this cleric was arrested at 3:00 in the morning by the security forces in his private home without presenting a judicial document.