Detention of two citizens by IRGC intelligence forces, including a journalist of Piranshahr governorate

Hengaw: Two other cousins ​​have also been arrested in Piranshahr in a few days. The number of detainees in the city reached ten.

08 May 2020 17:23


Hengaw: Two other cousins ​​have also been arrested in Piranshahr in a few days. The number of detainees in the city reached ten.

According to a report received by Hengaw, on Saturday, May 2, Revolutionary Guards intelligence forces arrested two cousins ​​in Piranshahr and transferred them to an unknown location.

The Hengaw reporter identified the two citizens as "Rebwar (Navid) Seyed Mohammadi" and "Khalid Seyed Mohammadi."
Rebwar Seyed Mohammadi is a reporter for the Piranshahr governor's office, and he confirmed his arrest in a brief contact with his family, who had to speak to them in the Persian language.

another hand Khalid Seyed Mohammadi, 50, and Rebwar's cousin, were also arrested at his home on the same day. He returned to Piranshahr city last winter from the Kurdish region.

”Intelligence forces raided the homes of the two citizens and confiscated their personal belongings.” An informed source told Hengaw.
According to the Hengaw Statistic Center, nearly 20 Kurdish citizens have been arrested in Piranshahr during in the past week, ten of whom have been identified to Hengaw.

In recent days, Hengaw has expressed concern about the detention of Kurdish citizens in Baneh and Piranshahr, and expressed concern about the Ministry of Intelligence's scenario for linking their cases to the armed conflict in Divandarreh.
 


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