Security forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) arrested Mustafa Salimi an Iranian Kurdish political activist on Tuesday and deported him to Iran, one of Salimi’s family members told Avatoday.
Based on the reports received by Avatoday from the city of Saqez, more than 125 people including medical staff who were diagnosed with the coronavirus died in Imam the cities’ two hospitals.
Tens of people including 15 health personnel in Kurdistan Province’s city of Dehgolan have been diagnosed with Coronavirus while the city suffers from lack of COVID-19 test kits, source said on Saturday.
Dr. Rahim Yousifpour, a specialist from Kurdish city of Saqez published a video on his Instagram page on Friday saying he is under constant pressure from judiciary due to his pre-warning about coronavirus outbreak.
25 health personnel of Besat Hospital in the Kurdish city of Sine (Sanandaj) have been infected with Coronavirus due to lack of proper protection equipment, three sources confirmed to Avatoday on Thursday.
Iranian Intelligence Agency told an activist in prison that they will infect him with the new coronavirus unless he signs a written confession by authorities.
Parisa Seifi, a Kurdish cultural activist has reportedly gone on a strike, protesting her charges’ luck of clarification, a family member told Avatoday.
According to information received by Avatoday on Friday, Iranian security forces arrested a former army officer and moved him to Evin prison in Tehran.
Iranian intelligence forces on Wednesday have arrested at least three university students in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj without any elaboration on their charges.
Two civil activists were arrested by security forces in the Kurdish town of Dehgolan on Tuesday, sources told Avatoday.
