Human Right Weekly Dec 3013-Religious and ethnic minorities

MOIS arrested a Kurd citizen

On Thursday 19 December, Iran's security forces arrested Anavar Qoraishi, 48, a Kurd citizen from City of Divandareh.

The intelligence forces searched his home, beat him and transferred him to an unknown location. (NCRI- 19 December 2013)

A Sunni cleric summoned and threatened by MOIS

Hussein Goraji, a known Sunni cleric residing in City of Mahabad was summoned to MOIS news headquarters and was threatened that if he continues his lessons at Mahabad's mosque he will be detained and jailed.

Master Hussein Goraji has written theological books and also some literatures. So far he has not been permitted to publish his work. (Herana- 21 December 2013)

Pressure on two Kurd prisoners and their families

News received say that after the families of two human rights activists, Afshin Nadimi and Mehrdad Sabori referred several times to regime's courts in cities of Sanandaj and Kamyaran being face with their pretense that they are not aware of such cases, regime's authorities announced that to free the two they demand a 1,400 million Riyals (about $ 54000) bail which must be paid to regime's court in Sanandaj. (NCRI- 22 December 2013)