Breathing in Confinement

Ministry of Intelligence Prohibits Sunnis from Holding Funeral of 6 Executed Prisoners

4-March-2015

Category: religious minorities

Breathing in Confinement – Ministry of Intelligence in City of Sanandaj, has put Sunni preachers in under pressure to prevent them from attending the funeral of Hamed Ahmadi, Jamshid and Jahangir Dehghani, Kamal Molaei, Hadi Hosseini and Sadigh Mohammadi.

According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, Ministry of Intelligence office in Sanandaj has summoned some of party leaders and Sunni missionaries of this city and put them under pressure not to attend the funeral for 6 Sunni prisoners who was executed and encourage the people not to attend as well.

Also, Sunni prisoners in Rajai Shahr have been threatened and announced that if the public is encouraged to attend, it would be severely dealt with them and they would be responsible for the consequences.