Gunmen assassinated a Sunni Muslim cleric leader in the northwestern city of Mahabad; he was assassinated by two unknown gunmen on Sunday. He was attacked by those unknown gunmen while returning home after morning prayers; he couldn't make it and he passed away before getting to the hospital.
In the past few days security forces have warned many Sunni clerics of various Kurdish cities to avoid any prayer celebrations and rituals before the official announcement from the central government for the exact beginning date of the Fetr holidays. A Sunni clerical school was destroyed on the verge of current year's celebrations in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan and Molavi Ahmed Naroyi who is one of the Sunni clerics and cultural activists of the province was arrested.
Meanwhile, two other suspicious assassinations have occurred in Kurdistan; Diako Salehi, one of the Kurdish political activists, was assassinated with a knife by attack of unknown offenders. Additionally, Ashraf Hossein Panahi, the brother of Anwar Hossein Panahi (a convicted Kurdish teacher) was hit by an unidentified car; right now he is in a coma, suffering brain death.
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