According to reports, on Saturday and during the past week, the secretary of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party and four members of the party's environmental committee were arrested in Sanandaj and Kamyaran. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Eisa Faizi, an environmental activist and former member of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, was arrested on Saturday, January 15, in Kamyaran at his shop. On January 12, Farhad Mohammadi, a lawyer and secretary of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, was arrested after being summoned to the Information Office in Sanandaj. Additionally, a day prior, Hadi Kamangar, Reza Asadi, and Fazel Gheitasi, members of the environmental committee of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, were also arrested. The National Unity Party received its license from the Ministry of Interior in the early 2000s, and the Kurdistan branch of this party was established in April 2016 at the Fajr Cultural Complex in Sanandaj. Subsequently, the party's offices were opened in cities across Kurdistan province, including Kamyaran and Marivan, and Mohammad Shafiei, the governor of Marivan County, announced that the party had been granted permission to operate in Marivan County. This party includes religious minorities, including Sunnis. The environmental committee of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party has held educational classes on environmental issues in various cities of Kurdistan over the past few years and has actively participated in the annual acorn planting campaign. These environmental activists were arrested while eight other environmental activists have been imprisoned for about a year, and Kavous Seyed Emami also died in prison, with judicial authorities claiming his death was a 'suicide.' On November 21 of this year, over a thousand specialists and environmental activists testified in a letter to Sadegh Larijani, the head of the judiciary, stating that they had 'no suspicious activities' and had protected the country's nature 'within the framework of the law, without pay or expectation.'
Arrest of Five Members of the National Unity Party in Sanandaj and Kamyaran
Five members of the National Unity Party, including environmental activists, were arrested in Sanandaj and Kamyaran. This incident highlights ongoing government repression against environmental and political activists in Iran. The arrests come amid a backdrop of previous detentions and concerns over the treatment of activists.
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📰 What Happened
Iranian authorities arrested five members of the National Unity Party in Sanandaj and Kamyaran.
- Iranian authorities arrest Eisa Faizi, Farhad Mohammadi, Hadi Kamangar, Reza Asadi, Fazel Gheitasi
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The arrests of National Unity Party members indicate a crackdown on political and environmental activism.
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