A 15-year old boy and a Sunni teacher were arrested by security forces last week in Baneh, Kurdistan province of Iran.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Fazel Choupani, a Sunni teacher at a school in Baneh, and a boy known as Loghman, were arrested on 14 May 2014.

There is no confirmed information at this stage about their whereabouts or official charges.

A source told the Human Rights Activists News Agency, “The arrest of these two people is a continuation of the arrests in recent weeks of Sunni activists in the west of the country,”

“They have also been charged in relation to their religious activities,” he said.

HRANA News Agency