The guards came to the outskirts of the town of Sidakan near the Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan,the abbreviation
IRGCis a cognate form of
Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term
Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either
Shahor
Führeror maybe both, and they hate
border and took Khalid Hamid and Mohammed Aziz, Sidakan Mayor Ihsan Chalabi told Rudaw.
Iran has increased its surveillance in the border areas recently due to Kurdish opposition groups infiltrating Iran as tensions between Iran and the US rise.
Sidakan, 90 kilometers northeast of Erbil city, is in the mountainous Kelashin Pass that borders Iran to the east and
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
to the west.
The two merchants drove to the nearby town of Bradost to sell fruits and vegetables to nomads when they were taken, according to Chalabi.
"After they were done, they got close to Iran's Kelashin base to bring back ice," he said. "While doing that, they were taken by four Iranian soldiers."
Chalabi said he is working with KRG and Iraqi officials to free them. He did not reveal if the two detained individuals were suspected of having ties to Kurdish opposition groups known to operate in the area.