Mohammad Habibi, a teachers’ union activist, announced in a post on the social network X that, according to reliable reports received by the Coordination Council, more than 50 students have been arrested in recent days in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province alone. A number of them are being held at the Yasuj Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center.
According to him, the identities of 18 of these students have so far been confirmed. They are: Kiarash Ansari, Raziyeh Khahesh, Ilya Akouyan, Yashar Shahbazi, Mohammad Mokhtari, Mikaeil Mansouri, Mohammad Pourshieh, Parsa Akbar, Meraj Abbasnejad, Moslem Parzdar, Erfan Rahmanpour, Ahmad Ansari, Shahab Asadi, Mohammad Abdollahpour, Davoud Zarghami, Sina Dana, Parichehr Ansari, and Samira Karimi.
Mohammad Habibi emphasized in his message that the number of detainees is higher than the announced names and that families and civil society organizations continue to follow up on the situation of these students.
According to reports published by human rights organizations, at least 29 people have lost their lives in the recent nationwide protests in Iran, 25 of whom were Kurds.
These reports also indicate that protests have taken place in at least 88 cities in recent days, with their scope expanding to more than 250 locations across 27 of Iran’s 31 provinces.
The protests began more than a week ago following an unprecedented rise in the price of the U.S. dollar. They quickly spread to Kurdistan Province, and various cities in Iranian Kurdistan, including Malekshahi and Kouhdasht, witnessed widespread demonstrations by people against the dictatorial rule of the Islamic Republic.
During these protests, Iran’s military-security forces used live ammunition to suppress Kurdish protesters, resulting in the killing of at least 25 Kurdish citizens so far.
