Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 12 Two Iranian Kurds were arrested and taken to unknown locations by Irans State Security Forces (SSF) in the western province of Kurdistan for their opposition to the Iranian government, a Kurdish opposition group announced on Monday. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Sep. 12 Two Iranian Kurds were arrested and taken to unknown locations by Irans State Security Forces (SSF) in the western province of Kurdistan for their opposition to the Iranian government, a Kurdish opposition group announced on Monday.
The two individuals were identified as Azad Lotfpouri and Rahim Shilani, according to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Lotfpouri, a student and activist from the city of Sanandaj, took part as a speaker during an anti-government protest in front of the citys governors office. Shilani is from the volatile Kurdish town of Boukan.
Kurdistan Province has been a hotbed of anti-government protests and clashes for the past months. Iranian authorities have launched a crackdown on Kurdish areas to quell the unrest.
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