2 citizens from Piranshahr detained to serve their sentences
Hengaw : 2 Kurdish citizens from Piranshahr district of We
Hengaw : 2 Kurdish citizens from Piranshahr district of West Azerbaijan ( Urmia ) province in Iranian Kurdistan who were detained in spring 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have been detained to serve their sentences and transferred toNaghadeh prison.
According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Saturday, January 30, 2021, Abbas Sedighi and Omar Khakzad, from the village of Shailm Jaran in Piranshahr, were detained to serve their five-year sentences and transferred to Naghadeh Prison.
Abbas Sedighi and Omar Khakzad were each sentenced to five years in prison by 102nd Branch of Piranshahr’s Criminal Court in early January 2021 on charges of collaborating with the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran ( KDPI).
Abbas Sedighi was detained by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards on Friday (May 15, 2020) and temporarily released on bail after two months.
Omar Khakzad was also detained by Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards intelligence forces on Sunday, May 31, 2020, and was temporarily released after two months.
