Iranian regime forces conducted house raids and detained 4 Kurds in Tîkap town of Urmia province and Banê town of Sine province and in in Rojhilat (Eastern) Kurdistan.

According to Eastern Kurdistan Human Rights Association, Iranian intelligence (Itlaat) forces detained 3 Kurdish citizens in Ehmedava village in Tîkap town of Urmia on August 15. Behzad Beraderan, Hamid Sebzî and Saman Sebzî were taken into custody in the operation and their whereabouts remains unknown for 8 days.

Relatives of the detainees stated that they have not been informed of the reason for the detentions, and that they do not know where the detainees have been taken.

Itlaat forces also detained a woman by the name of Sara Rûstemî (28) in Banê on August 21. The reason for the woman’s detention, and her whereabouts, is not known either.