Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran: Two Kurdish religious activists jailed after interrogation

Two Kurdish religious activists have been taken from the detention centre of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, to the city prison on 9 November. Kurdish religious activists Mamosta Behrouz Brakhas and Houshang Chamanbar were transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison after spending 33 days in detention. Security forces had detained the two Sunni clerics in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, on 17 October and...

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