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Iran: 400 Iranian Kurds arrested in Sunni
sweep
11.10.2007
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October
11, 2007
Saghez, Iranian Kurdistan, -- Up to 400
Iranian Kurds who belong to the Sunni faith have
reportedly been arrested in the last three days in
Saghez and other cities of Kurdistan province in the
country's north-west.
Two religious leaders, the imam from the Khatam al-Anbia
mosque, Seyyed Seifollah Hosseini, and the imam of
the Hamza mosque, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini.
All those arrested belong a Sunni religious group
called Maktab Quran (The Way of the Koran), which
disapproves of the presence of clerics in the
government. The state religion is Shiite Islam,
practised by the majority of Iranians.
In Saghez, which has the greatest number of Maktab
Quran followers, a curfew was imposed for three days
and all religious ceremonies organised for Ramadan
were suspended.
On Thursday morning a group of citizens gathered in
front of the government building of Kermanshah,
calling for the two religious leaders and all
detainees to be released.
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