Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran cyber police arrest Kurdish journalist over Newroz celebrations

Rasoul Galehban, a Kurdish journalist and manager of the Urmiye 24 news outlet, was summoned and arrested by the Cyber Police in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on 7 April. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Galehban was arrested after the Orumiyeh Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office filed a complaint regarding the city's Newroz (also known as Nowruz in Persian) celebrations. The specific charges...

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