Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided over by Judge Abolghassem Salavati, has sentenced Verisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner, to death for the second time on charges of “membership in a group accused of armed rebellion against the State (baghy)”. The Kurdistan Human Rights…
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Monthly report
In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish citizens in different regions and cities across Iran.
| Column 1 | Name | From | Charged with | Date of Execution | Location of Execution | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaveh Refousheh | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Premeditated murder (qisas) | 18 Aug | Sanandaj Central Prison | Executed after spending three years on death row |
| 2 | Donya Mohammadi | Eyvan-e Gharb, Ilam Province | Premeditated murder (qisas) | 19 Aug | Ilam Central Prison | Executed after spending two years on death row |
| 3 | Khodadad Mohammadi | Eyvan-e Gharb, Ilam Province | Premeditated murder (qisas) | 19 Aug | Ilam Central Prison | Executed after spending two years on death row |
| 4 | Mohsen Darabi | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Drug trafficking | 19 Aug | Isfahan Central Prison | . |
| 5 | Ardalan Sabzi Balkhkanlou | Maku, West Azerbaijan Province | Premeditated murder (qisas) | 23 Aug | Maku Prison | . |
| 6 | Saeid Najafi | Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province | Enmity against God (moharebeh) | 25 Aug | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed along with his brother, Hamid Najafi |
| 7 | Hamid Najafi | Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province | Enmity against God (moharebeh) | 25 Aug | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj | Executed along with his brother, Saeid Najafi |
| 8 | Mostafa Vosoughi | Nurabad, Lorestan Province | Premeditated murder (qisas) | 26 Aug | Khorramabad Central Prison | Executed after spending three years on death row |
| Column 1 | Name | From | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Organisation | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yousef Mamehpour | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | 20 Aug | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Iranian border guards | Kurdish tradesman, shot at close range and without prior warning |
| 2 | Pouya Naderi | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 20 Aug | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Iranian police | Killed during an armed clash with police forces |
| 3 | Mohammad Reza Mohammadi | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 20 Aug | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Iranian police | Killed after police officers opened fire on a private passenger vehicle, his friend seriously injured |
| Column 1 | Name | From | Killed/Death | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Towhid-Panah | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Killed | 10 Aug | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
| 2 | Mousa Zibapour | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Killed | 13 Aug | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
| 3 | Milad Tabad | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Killed | 18 Aug | Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards in 2025, died a year later due to severity of injuries |
| Column 1 | Name | From | Type of Injury | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goran Khedri | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Wounded | 4 Aug | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
| 2 | Hassan Mostafazadeh | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Wounded | 5 Aug | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
| Column 1 | Name | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latifeh Mohammadzadeh | 20 Aug | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | 49-year-old mother of one, stabbed to death by former husband |
| 2 | Atousa Jafari | 23 Aug | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | 27-year-old woman, stabbed to death by former husband |
| 3 | Hana Rekan | 29 Aug | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 16-year-old child, shot dead by her father because she opposed a forced marriage |
| Column 1 | Name | Location of Incident | Date of Incident | Killed/Injured | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bakhtiyar Amini | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | 5 Aug | Injured | Father of three |
| Column 1 | Name | From | Activity | Date of Arrest | Location of Arrest | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirzad Payaniani | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 3 Aug | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| 2 | Jamal Rostami | Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 4 Aug | Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 3 | Saman Khosravi | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 4 | Hawre Parvazeh | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 5 | Arya Maroufi | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 6 | Zanyar Asvar | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 7 | Peshtiwan Tatar | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 8 | Saro Roshani | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | 6 Aug | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 9 | Awat Karami | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Environmental activist | 9 Aug | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | . |
| 10 | Rahim Hassanpour | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 10 Aug | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| 11 | Shwana Diwazi | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 13 Aug | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Sent to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve a one-year sentence |
| 12 | Loghman Ghorbani | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 13 Aug | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| 13 | Sedigh Karimi | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 13 Aug | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| 14 | Hadi Azizi | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 13 Aug | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| 15 | Rahman Khouzan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | 14 Aug | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | . |
| Column 1 | Name | From | Type of Activity | Charges Against | Sentence | Date of Sentence | Issuing Court | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahim Shilani | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | Buying and selling Starlink satellite equipment | Two years' imprisonment | Early Aug | Branch Two of Bukan Criminal Court | . |
| 2 | Azad Rasouli-Fard | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Unknown | Buying and selling Starlink satellite equipment | Two years' imprisonment | Early Aug | Branch Two of Bukan Criminal Court | . |
| 3 | Mohammad Mohammadi | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | Four years, nine months and one day's imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 4 | Mostafa Gholami | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | Three years' imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 5 | Zahed Khaledian | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | Three years' imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 6 | Vahed Khaledian | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | Three years' imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 7 | Shahrokh Mostafaei | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year and nine months' imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 8 | Fereydoun Almasi | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year and nine months' imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 9 | Rasoul Ghorbanpour | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 10 | Saman Ganji | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 11 | Davoud Rezaei | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 12 | Reza Dehghani | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment and 41 lashes | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 13 | Abouzar Morad-Haaseli | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment and 31 lashes | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 14 | Anvar Ali-Panah | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment and 50 lashes | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
| 15 | Amir Khaledian | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Unknown | Disrupting public order, assembly and collusion | One year's imprisonment and 70 lashes, two years' internal exile in Minab, Hormozgan Province | Aug | Branch 102 of Qorveh Criminal Court | Sentenced in connection with the January 2026 protests |
Annual, special and monthly reports, witness testimony and documentation
This report examines instances of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians in Iran during 2025. As in previous years, these violations stem from factors such as language, religion, culture, gender, sexual orientation, social class, and political beliefs. These issues persist under the discriminatory laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran, alongside the repressive and violent…
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Kurdish prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh were secretly executed on 2 May at Orumiyeh Central Prison. Authorities have so far refused to hand over the bodies to their families. Bakerzadeh, 27, from Orumiyeh, was a Kurdish Sunni man who was arrested by IRGC Intelligence on 2 January 2024 and sentenced to death on charges…
Detainees Face Dual Threat of Government Atrocities, US/Israeli Attacks Thousands of detainees in Iran, including political prisoners and children, are at risk of injury and death from US and Israeli strikes, as well as atrocities by Iran’s authorities, including mass, secret, and arbitrary executions. Instead of releasing prisoners unconditionally or on humanitarian grounds, Iran’s authorities…
At least 240 Kurdish citizens have been confirmed killed during the violent suppression of the recent protests across Iran, marking one of the deadliest episodes of state repression in the history of the Islamic Republic. The protests, part of a broader wave of uprisings that have intensified periodically over the past decade, escalated in January…
Hiwa
Hiwa, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s database of political and religious prisoners, opens a page for each Kurdish person held in Iran’s prisons and security detention centres, so that their names are not lost between the lines and their stories are recorded on the way to justice.
Arrested in October in earlier years
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Hamid Chapati
Detained: October 16, 2024 · 2 years ago
Mahmoud Sadeghi
Detained: October 16, 2016 · 10 years ago
Yazdan Ghanbari
Detained: October 19, 2024 · 2 years ago
Yazdan Ghanbari
Detained: October 19, 2024 · 2 years ago
Milad Rashidi
Detained: October 29, 2024 · 2 years ago
Akam Amini
Detained: October 23, 2024 · 2 years ago
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