Report on the Arrest of Five Individuals in Mahabad, Sanandaj, and Saqqez

HRANA – In recent days, Anvar Moloudi and Avat Rostami, residents of Mahabad, as well as Zeinab Azizi and Sirvan Amini, a couple living in Sanandaj, have been arrested by security forces. So far, no information has been obtained about their whereabouts.

Meanwhile, Sedigh Yousefpour, who had previously been arrested, was released from Saqqez Prison after posting bail.

According to Kurdpa, this citizen was released on March 9 after posting bail from Saqqez Prison. He had been arrested by security forces on January 21.

In another report, Kurdpa announced the arrest of two citizens on March 6 by forces of the Intelligence Office in Mahabad. The identities of these individuals were reported as Anvar Moloudi, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Kheyrabad, and Avat Rostami, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Khorkhoreh in Mahabad.

Additionally, Kolbar News reported that Zeinab Azizi and Sirvan Amini, a couple living in Sanandaj, were arrested by security forces on March 6.

The reports did not mention the reasons for these arrests, the location where the detainees are being held, or the charges brought against them.

43 Political Prisoners Refuse Food Rations to Protest the Lack of Medical Care in Urmia Prison

Earlier this Wednesday, September 22, 43 prisoners in the political ward of Urmia Prison refused to receive their food rations in solidarity with a number of the prison’s inmates.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, the prisoners carried out the refusal in protest of the lack of medical care for sick prisoners.

Shaker Behrooz, Nayeb Askari, Nayeb Hajizadeh, Ahmad Tamavi, Mohammad Houshangi, Hatam Ozdemir, Dara Rashidi, Anvar Chaleshi, Kamel Ceylan Maskan, Sirvan Amini, Mokhtar Ebrahimi, and Taher Hosseinzadeh, 12 political prisoners imprisoned in this ward suffer from various diseases. According to the diagnosis of the prison doctor, these prisoners should be sent to a well-equipped hospital outside the prison, but so far they have been barred from being sent.

Nayeb Askari, Ahmad Tamavi, Hatam Ozdemir, Sirvan Amini, and Mokhtar Ebrahimi, have kidney problems. Nayeb Hajizadeh and Dara Rashidi must undergo surgery to remove platinum prosthesis from their legs, and Anvar Chaleshi has TB.