2 citizens from Piranshahr detained to serve their sentences

Hengaw : 2 Kurdish citizens from Piranshahr district of We

07 February 2021 12:43

 

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Hengaw : 2 Kurdish  citizens from Piranshahr district of West Azerbaijan ( Urmia ) province in Iranian Kurdistan who were detained  in spring 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have been detained  to serve their sentences and transferred toNaghadeh prison.

According to a report received by Hengaw  Human Rights Organization, on Saturday, January 30, 2021, Abbas Sedighi and Omar Khakzad, from the village of Shailm Jaran in Piranshahr, were detained to serve their five-year sentences and transferred to Naghadeh Prison.

Abbas Sedighi and Omar Khakzad were each sentenced to five years in prison by 102nd Branch of Piranshahr’s Criminal Court in early January 2021  on charges of collaborating with the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran ( KDPI).

Abbas Sedighi was detained by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards on Friday (May 15, 2020) and temporarily released on bail  after two months.

Omar Khakzad was also detained  by Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards intelligence forces on Sunday, May 31, 2020, and was temporarily released  after two months.


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