Several individuals in Sanaa, Saqiz and Sardasht, in Iran’s Kurdistan region, have been arrested for participating in strikes protesting the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi and Varisha Moradi, two ethnic Kurdish women.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported the detention of six citizens in Sanaa, while three others were arrested in Saqiz and Sardasht by the Ministry of Intelligence.
The strikes, organized by six Kurdish political parties, aimed to prevent the executions through peaceful civil action. In response, Iranian security forces threatened market representatives, sealed shops and took measures to suppress the protests.
