4 Kurdish citizens detained in Oshnaviyeh

Hengaw: With the detention of two other citizens in Oshnaviyeh district of

15 December 2020 20:51


 Hengaw: With the detention of two other citizens in Oshnaviyeh district of West Azerbaijan (Urmia) province , the number of detained citizens in this city has increased to four in  last two days.

 According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, two citizens from Oshnaviyeh , identified as Omid Maroof and Mohammad Khalid Hamzehpour, were detained  by Iranian intelligence service in that city . 

 As of preparation of this report , the charges against these two citizens have not been clarified yet .

 Also two other citizens, identified as Rahman Yousefi and Kamal Ghovitas, were detained yesterday by the Iranian intelligence services on charges of collaborating with a Kurdish party.

Hengaw’s sources indicated that the number of detainees is to increase in next few days .


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