Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Jafar Amini (Dara Amini) was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 June 2024, and taken to the organisation's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. During his detention, Amini was denied the right to meet with his family and access to a lawyer. He...

Arrest Asaad Mohammadi (Masoud Mohammadi) was arrested by security forces at his family home in the Vilashahr neighbourhood of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 24 July 2023 and was taken to one of the city's security detention centres. The arrest was carried out without a warrant, and the security agents took several of his personal belongings during the house search. On 12 August 2023, security forces also detained...

In recent years, Ayoub Javanpour has worked as a labourer and kolbar. He was once injured in his leg after falling from a height during a chase by Iranian border forces on a kolbar route. Previously, in October 2017, he was arrested for participating in demonstrations supporting the Kurdish independence referendum and was later released on bail. The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, initially...