Kurdistan: Arbitrary arrests and detention of a Kurdish activist in Saqqez and relocated to Sine (Sanandaj) detention center
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- Apr 6
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Arbitrary arrests and detention of a Kurdish activist in Saqqez and relocated to Sine (Sanandaj) detention center.
Sheix Zahed Shahabi, the brother of late Sheix Azad Shahabi, has been transferred to a security detention center in Sine (Sanandaj) for interrogation after brutally assaulted and detained by Iranian authorities.
According to an informed source, Sheix Zahed has made two telephone calls to his family so far but has been deprived of access to legal counsel and the right to meet with his relatives.
In the early hours of Monday, March 24, 2025, Intelligence personnel in raided the “Path of Freedom” Xanqah(worship center) brutally assaulted and arrested Sheix Zahed Shahabi and confiscated his mobile phone and several personal belongings.
The security forces also stormed the “Path of Freedom” Xanqah without presenting any judicial warrant, during which the family of Sheix Zahed Shahabi was subjected to assault, and disrespect by the Intelligence officers.
On Friday, March 14, 2025, at the Newroz celebration in Mount Jaqel, Sheix Zahed Shahabi addressed the public, reiterating the commitment to the martyrs and emphasizing unity and freedom alongside the participants, who chanted the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" (Woman, Life, Freedom).
The Newroz bonfire for this ceremony was lit by Sheix Zahed, the brother of Sheix Azad Shahabi.
On the evening of Tuesday, October 14, 2024, Iranian security forces stormed the “Path of Freedom” Xanqah in Saqqez due to inscription of the word "martyr" and a Kurdish poem on the tombstone of Sheix Azad Shahabi and assaulted several family members and devotees of the Xanqah.
On July 18, 2024, Sheix Azad Shahabi, a prominent figure in Sufism in Kurdistan, was killed along with two associates, Payman Mohammadi and Perwiz Rahimpanah, at his Xanqah in the city of Saqqez by unidentified armed individuals.
