Iranian security forces in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, have arrested at least four Kurdish minors and another Kurdish citizen over the past week, while the temporary detention of another has been extended by one month, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported.
On 8 September, Soran Mozaffari (17) was arrested at his family home in Kamyaran by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location, despite suffering from diabetes.
On 11 September, Peyman Hosseini, also aged 17, was arrested during a raid on his family home in Kamyaran.
At dawn on 12 September, Ministry of Intelligence agents raided homes in the village of Gazer Khani in Kamyaran without presenting judicial warrants, arresting Hesam Sabouri and two children, Kavan and Ehsan Sabouri, and taking them to an undisclosed location.
Despite repeated enquiries, the families have received no information about their whereabouts or condition.
KHRN had previously reported that, on 8 September, Ministry of Intelligence agents had arrested two other children from Kamyaran — Oraz Zamani and Behrouz Rashidi — during raids on their family homes, taking them to the Ministry’s detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province.
All six children have been denied access to lawyers, visits or contact with their families. Some have been transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre and the Sanandaj Juvenile Detention Centre.
Meanwhile, the detention of Ramin Gorgani, a resident of Kamyaran, has been extended by another month. He was arrested on 10 August by Ministry of Intelligence forces and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Sanandaj.
He has so far only been permitted a few short telephone calls with his family and continues to be denied the right to legal representation or visits.