Kurdish civilian Hossein Saed-Mucheshi was arrested today at his family home in Muchesh, Kurdistan Province, by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The intelligence forces raided the civilian’s home in Muchesh in the morning and took him into custody without a warrant, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.
There is no information on the charges against him or the exact location of his detention.
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