Abduction of Amir Zandi from Sanandaj by government forces 

Hengaw, Saturday, February 4, 2023

Government forces raided the house of a citizen from Sanandaj, named Amir Zandi, and abducted him.

According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amir Zandi, from Sanandaj, was abducted by intelligence forces on February 1, 2023. 

This citizen was taken to an unknown place, and the follow-up on Amir Zandi's fate and whereabouts by his family has been fruitless, according to an informed source close to Zandi's family. 

Based on the statistics registered in the Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in January 2023, at least 182 Kurdish citizens were arrested by the Iranian security institutions on charges of political, civil, and trade union activities.