Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran security forces continue arresting woman activists in Kurdistan

Iranian security forces arrested three women's-rights activists by names of Zhina Modarres-Gorji, Avin Rasti and Leila Salehi in the past three days across Iranian Kurdistan. Security forces arrested Modares in Safari Street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 21 September. This activist was repeatedly threatened with arrest by the security institutions recently. The security forces called and went to the bookstore where Modarres-Gorji worked, telling her that if...

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