Iran detained another Kurdish civilian in Baneh, in the scope of the recent mass arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in the northwestern Kurdistan province.
Security forces arrested Zagros Rashidi on 17 November and took him to an undisclosed location.
Security forces had also arrested Rashidi’s father on the first day of the arrest wave on 11 November.
The Ministry of Intelligence has launched a new wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists began on 11 November, detaining at least 32 people in Baneh, Saqez, Marivan, and Sanandaj in Kurdistan province.
In recent days, several activists detained in Baneh managed to make short telephone calls and inform their families of their detention in the detention facilities of the intelligence ministry in Baneh and Sanandaj.
Reportedly, the wave of summons and detentions began with new appointments to the administration of the Ministry of Intelligence in the province.
Due to the atmosphere of terror created by the detention of Kurdish civilians in the villages of Choman, Namshir, Najneh, and Kupich in Baneh, some civilians have fled their homes for fear of being detained en masse by security forces.
List of the recent detainees:
Salah Pezeshki, Rafigh Pezeshki, Manaf Pezeshki, Behzad Pezeshki, Karim Pezeshki, Haji Aboubakr Pezeshki, Loghman Pezeshki, Farhad Pezeshki, Farzad Pezeshki, Ahmad Pezeshki, Arsalan Pezeshki, Kamran Pezeshki, Saeid Rashidi, Jamal Morovvati, and Osman Mohammadpour, Saeid Ghaderi, Kurdo Hosseinpour, Ali Chomani, and Zagros Rashidi in the villages of Choman, Namshir, Najneh, and Kupich in Baneh
Mohammad Mahjour, Abdollah Mahjour, Ayoub Minaei in the village of Malqarani and Pir Omran in Saqqez
Keyvan Minoui, Farid Derakhshani, Edris Bahramian, Mohammad Ahmadi, Abdolrahman Afshar, and Abdolrahman Ashtak in the village of Ney in Marivan
Aram Moradian in Sanandaj
Zanyar Menbari, Milad Menbari, Arash Menbari, and Sivan Menbari in Niyar village of Sanandaj
