Kurdish civilians sentenced to two years in prison for raising Kurdish flag in Iran

Hengaw – Two Kurdish civilians from Iranian city of Mariwan were received two-years of prison terms each on November 9^th for raising their own national flag, Hengaw corresponded informed.   Amir Arzhang and Baset Afshar were accused of raising Kurdish flag during a Kurdish Nawroz ceremony on March 2017, held in the village of Nae near the Kurdish-populated city of Mariwan, Northwest of Iran.   According to Hengaw reporter who talked to the family members of convicts on condition of anonymity, the city’s Revolutionary Court previously sentenced Arzhang and Afshar of 3-years prison term and their exile to the Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province southeast of the country.   The sentence, however were reduced to two years of imprisonment for each, after judicial review, added the anonymous source.   Kurdish flag is banned in the Shiite-ruled Iran and the Islamic regime is taking harsh punishments for the Kurds who appear in public with their own flag or raised it during the traditional ceremonies and events.   This year on March 21th, Kurdish flags were waving on side of a crowd of people in the village of Nae. They were celebrating Nawroz while singing Kurdish national anthems.