Kurdish post graduate student arrested in Iran

Kurdish post graduate student arrested in Iran

Mohammad Ilkhanizadeh, a Kurdish post-graduate social studies student at the University of Tehran was arrested.

He was summoned by the IRGC to appear at their headquarters in Bukan (the county where his family lives, located in the Western Azerbaijan province). When he arrived on Saturday, he was arrested.

According to Daneshjoo News, when his family attempted to inquire on his whereabouts, they were told that he had been transferred. It is believed that he was transferred to Tehran for further interrogations.

Hossein Jolani, another University of Tehran student was kidnapped by plainclothes forces on November 2, 2010. His whereabouts are unknown. Hossein Jolani is a mathematics genius and an honour roll student at the University of Tehran. He has written 12 international papers.