March 17, 2011
In the past few days, at least three Sunni residents of Saqez and Baneh in Kurdistan were arrested by security forces. According to reports, Kak Mohammad-Jamal Habaki who is a follower of Kak Ahmad Moftizadeh was arrested on March 8 in Saqez and was taken to an unknown location. He is a chemistry teacher in Saqez schools and was arrested in his place of work. There are unconfirmed reports that he was transferred to the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency on Wednesday. There is still no news on his whereabouts and why he was arrested. This is while Yasin Qaderi and Osman Abdi who are also followers of the late Kak Ahmad Moftizadeh were arrested on January 4 in Baneh by security forces. They were initially taken to the Central Sanandaj Prison and were then returned to Baneh. (Human Rights Activists in Iran)