Kurdistan-Iran,
Aug 10 - Two Kurdish human rights activists
from the 'Kurdistan Human Rights Organisation' (RMMK)
were arrested by Iranian forces in the city of
Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan.
Saman Resulpur was arrested at 00:30 (00:30 am
GMT+3.30) on Tuesday, August 9 in his house in the
Sehrek district of Mahabad. During the raid the
Iranian soldiers seized Resulpur's computer, all his
CDs, video and audio cassettes and a great number of
his books.
The other RMMK-member Zeyneb Bayezidi was arrested
at the same time when soldiers raided her family's
home in Mahabad. After searching through the house,
the soldiers arrested Bayezidi together with her
little sister, her father and her brother named Aso.
It was also reported that several family members
were seriously beaten and injured during the raid. |
Photo: Goran Mahabadi /
MHA news agency |
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