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Three Sunni Clerics Arrested in Sistan and Baluchistan

 

Baluch Activists Campaign reported that on Wednesday, October 17, the security forces arrested three Baluch clerics in the Sunni seminary of Sirak in the south of Sistan Baluchistan province.

According to the campaign, these security forces had surrounded Sirak seminary for a while.

The clerics were identified as Ahmad Ghalandarzi, Molavi Ayoub Ahmadi, and Molavi Hashem Jafarzadeh.

Their charges are unknown, but their arrest happened on the same day that the Jaish Ul-Adl group kidnapped several Iranian forces and transferred them to Pakistan.  

 

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