February 8, 2008
Mariwan, Iranian Kurdistan - Two Kurdish
students have been arrested in Iran for unknown
reasons, increasing the number of arrested Kurdish
students to 11.
Jamshid Bahrami and Salam Nabati, art and psychology
students respectively, were reportedly taken away by
agents belonging to Iran's Intelligence Ministry
from their house in Mariwan, in western Iran,www.ekurd.net
(Eastern Kurdistan).
It has been common practice for a few months now,
that Kurdish students, feminists, religious, union
leaders and journalists are being arrested without a
precise reason.
Two weeks ago, arrested Kurdish student
Ebrahim Lotfollahi died
during interrogations while reportedly being
tortured by the authorities in the city of Sanadaj.
A judge has rejected the appeal of the family to
have an autopsy performed on Lotfollahi's body.
The Iranian government considers the minority
Iranian Kurds as potential enemies.
Unlike their Persian counterparts who are Shia,
Kurds belong to the Sunni branch of Islam.
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Iranian Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Īranź or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan)) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
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The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in Kurdish
(Hīzbī Dźmokiratī Kurdistanī Źran) is a Kurdish
opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks
the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a
democratic federal republic of Iran.
The current
General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian
Kurdistan is Mustafa Hijri
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