At least 10 Kurdish Civil and Environmental Activists Arrested in Kamyaran

Hengaw; Wednesday, July 24, 2024

At least 10 Kurdish activists, six of whom have been identified as Farideh Vaisi, Hamid Sabzeh, Farzin Movaffaqi, Amir Nadimi, Hessam Mahdi, and Amanj Ghorbani, were arrested by the IRGC intelligence forces following the funeral ceremony of Ismail Karimi, a Kurdish environmental activist from Kamyaran.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at 3 PM on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, IRGC intelligence forces raided the Kuhestan Restaurant located on the Sanandaj-Kamyaran road and arrested at least 10 Kurdish civil and environmental activists.

The identities of six of the arrested individuals, Farideh Vaisi from Paveh, Hamid Sabzeh, Farzin Movaffaqi, Amir Nadimi, Hessam Mahdi, a teacher of the Education Department, and Amanj Ghorbani, all from Kamyaran, have been verified by Hengaw, while the identities of the other individuals are still under investigation.

These individuals were arrested following the funeral ceremony of Ismail Karimi, a Kurdish environmental activist who lost his life this morning due to injuries from burns sustained while fighting a wildfire. They were resting in the mentioned restaurant at the time of their arrest.

Amanj Ghorbani has been repeatedly arrested by Iranian security agencies over the years and has also faced imprisonment.