Several Kurdish activists including Habibulah latifis family were arrested last night in Sena:

habibwla_lotfiSENA, Eastern Kurdistan—According to local sources several Kurdish activists, including Kurdish student’s family were arrested by the Iranian authorities in the city of Sena.

Although Kurdish students execution was temporality blocked before it to be scheduled on 26/12/2010, 20 Kurdish activists along side 8 members of Kurdish student’s family, (his parents, three brothers and three sisters) were arrested and taken to unknown location by the security forces.

Those arrested include:

1-Mr. Pedram Nasrollahi.

2- Mr. Hashem Rostami

3-Mr. Zahed Mradiyan,

4-Mr. Mahmood Mahmoodi,

5-Mr. Saeed Saedi,

6-Mr. Hamid Malek Alklami,

7-Ms. Simin Chayichi,

8-Mr. Vahed Majidi,

9-Mr. Jian Zafari,

10-Mr. Abbas Latifi, father of Habibollah Latifi, Three of Habibollah’s brothers, Three of Habibollah’s sisters, the wife of Habib’s brother and five other activists, at least one of them a woman.

Along side the aforementioned names there are news which is referring to the disappearance of Kurdish student activist Mr. Mokhtar Zarei.

29 years Kurdish student and activist Mr Latifi was scheduled to be hung early Sunday morning because of his political and social activities. Alongside international campaigns, the brave people of Sanandaj were able to prevent the Regime from carrying out the execution by gathering in large numbers in front of the Central Sanandaj Prison and protesting.

According to the same source all method of communication are blocked by the Iranian authorities, and eye witnesses stated that the city of Sena is fully militarized, and regimes security forces setup several checkpoints inside the city.

Currently there are 17 Kurdish student and political activists on death row in Islamic republics prisons.