Security forces have arrested a Kurdish civilian identified as Sobhan Mowloudi at the Bashmaq border gate in Marivan, Kurdistan province, after his return from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on 20 July.
So far, no information has been obtained about the detention location and the charges brought against the civilian.
For the past few years, Mowloudi has been working in a pastry shop in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Mowloudi comes from the Tangi Sar village of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province.
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