Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Yousef Rahmani was arrested without a warrant by security forces on 13 July 2022 in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, along with several other Kurdish civilians, and taken to a security detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail from Oshnavieh Prison on 17 August 2022. During his detention, he was denied the right to meet with his family and have access...

Arrest Mohammad Tadayyoni was arrested along with several other civil rights activists during a raid by dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence agents on Ashkan Fahim's residence in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 September 2023. The military-security forces violently broke down doors and windows to arrest him and others present at the scene. Tadayyoni was subjected to severe torture for one month in the...

Arrest Hazhar Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 30 billion rials (nearly 60,000 USD) on 29 August 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Arrest Osman Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 5 July 2022 in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, along with Hazhar Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and was transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh...

Arrest Hassan Mardani, along with Loghman Pishyar, was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 10 August 2023 in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. For almost two months after his arrest, his family had no information about his whereabouts. On 4 October 2023, he was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, to Bukan Prison and was provisionally released...

Arrest Loghman Pishyar, along with Hassan Mardani, was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 10 August 2023 in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. For almost two months after his arrest, his family had no information about his whereabouts. On 4 October 2023, he was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, to Bukan Prison and was provisionally released...

Arrest Akam Khezrzadeh was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Hazhar Delsouz, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Arrest Soleyman Salek was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Piranshahr-Mahabad road in West Azerbaijan Province on 5 July 2022 and was transferred to the Ministry's detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. On 3 August 2022, he was transferred to Naqadeh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province and then provisionally released on 13...

Wrisha Moradi, a graduate in biology, spent several years working as a sports coach for underprivileged children and as a civil rights activist focused on women's and student issues in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. In 2010, she moved to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where she continued her activities by joining the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR). She participated in the fight against the Islamic State...