At Least Four Kurdish Individuals Arrested in Divandarreh

Hengaw: Sunday, September 8, 2024

On the eve of the second anniversary of the state-sanctioned murder of Jina Amini, and following a widespread wave of arrests of Kurds by the Iranian security agencies, at least four people from Divandarreh, named Navid Sharifi, Farhad Qamari, Mohammad Amini, and Fouad Moradi, have been arrested.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in the early hours of Sunday, September 8, 2024, the IRGC intelligence forces in Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, carried out widespread arrests of Kurdish individuals. So far, the identities of the four of them have been confirmed: 39-year-old Mohammad Amini and Navid Sharifi, both from the village of "Kani Sefid," Farhad Qamari from the village of "Kotak," and Fouad Moradi from the village of "Kileh Kabud."

According to Hengaw's sources, these four individuals were forcibly arrested without the presentation of any search or arrest warrants, and their homes were subsequently searched by IRGC intelligence forces.

So far, no precise information has been made available regarding the reasons for the arrests, the charges, or the fate and whereabouts of these four people.