Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Pouria Ahmadi is the nephew of Shadman Ahmadi, who was killed during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Ahmadi was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in Dehgolan on 20 January 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status Ahmadi was provisionally released on bail of six billion rials (nearly...

Ebrahim Gol-Anbar is the brother of Esmail Gol-Anbar, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Javanrud, Kermanshah Province. Arrest Gol-Anbar was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence near Bisotun, Kermanshah Province, while returning from Tehran on 25 December 2024 and taken to the Meydan-e Naft detention facility in Kermanshah. At the same time, Hassan Hassanzadeh, his father-in-law from the village of Chamanzar in...

Vahab Khediripour is the cousin of Shamal Khediripour, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom protests in the city. His brother Sohrab Khediripour, a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), was also killed in a clash with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in 2021. Arrest Khediripour was arrested after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province,...

Arrest Javad Savari, the brother of Foad Savari, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Feedom protests in Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 16 February 2025 after being summoned by telephone to the Ministry of Intelligence’s office in the city. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to...

Ahmad Hassanzadeh is the father of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. He has been repeatedly summoned and arrested by security agencies over the past few years. Arrest Hassanzadeh was arrested by security forces on 15 September 2024, coinciding with the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising, and released on bail...

Diako Khezri is the uncle of Shaho Khezri, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. Arrest On 12 February 2025, he was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in the village of Shilanabad in Mahabad. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts...

Keyvan Mohammadi is the brother of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Kioumars Mohammadi. Kioumars Mohammadi and his cousin Nader Mohammadi were executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on 10 October 2007 on charges of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) through membership of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI). Arrest Keyvan Mohammadi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence at the entrance of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 1 October...

Arrest  Amirhossein Haghjouyan, the cousin and close friend of Reza Rasaei—a Yarsani Kurdish civilian and one of the detainees from the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising—was arrested on 23 September 2024, by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family’s plant nursery in Sahneh, Kermanshah Province.   This comes after Rasaei was executed in August 2024 on charges of "involvement in...

Ahmad Hassanzadeh is the father of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, on 16 November 2022.  His family members have been summoned and arrested several times by the security services over the past two years.  Arrest  Hassanzadeh was arrested by security forces on a street in Bukan on 15 September 2024.  Defendant’s Rights  He was arrested without...