Houshang Koshkie, a member of the Lorestan Teachers’ Association at the Taleghani School for disables, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, on Monday, July 15th, 2019, Houshang Koshkie, a member of the teachers’ trade union of the city of Lorestan province, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location.
It is reported that, one day after Mr. Koshkie’s arrest, on Tuesday July 16th, 2019, security officials went to the Taleghani school and seized the film that was recorded by facility security camera at the time of the arrest of the teacher.
Despite the ongoing effort, there is no detailed information on the reasons for the detention and the location of the teacher.
In a video on his personal page, Mr. Koshkie recently announced his support for a statement called the 14th, which was signed on June 11th, 2019 by 14 activists.
The signatures of this statement called for Ali Khamenei’s resignation and constitutional change.