Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Reza Ezzat-Taj, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Shahvaneh in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan province, was previously arrested by security forces on 27 June 2021 and detained for 13 days. Arrest Ezzat-Taj was arrested on 7 June 2025 in Oshnavieh after being summoned by the Ministry of Intelligence. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite...

Saman Karimi, a Kurdish political activist from Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 8 November 2018. In November 2019, he was tried by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, presided over by Judge Saeidi, and sentenced to death and a further 11 years in prison on charges of “armed insurrection”...

Arrest Jalal Farrokhi, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Shahrak-e Ziveh in the Margavar region of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on 26 May 2025, along with his niece, Rozhin Khoran. Farrokhi had previously been detained by security forces during the Newroz celebrations in Orumiyeh, along with his two nieces, Rozhin and Rana Khoran. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a...

Vahab Khediripour is the cousin of Shamal Khediripour, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. 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 previously arrested on 29 January after being summoned to the Ministry of...

Arrest Mohammad Rasoulpour, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Kohneh Qaleh in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by security forces on 2 July 2024. After 12 days in detention, he was temporarily released from Oshnavieh Prison on 14 July 2024 on bail of six billion rials (nearly 7,500 USD). Judicial Process In October 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh, presided over by Judge Ali Ansari,...

Arrest Zahed Shahabi, a Kurdish civilian from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 24 March 2025 following a raid by Ministry of Intelligence agents on the Rah-e Azadi (Path of Freedom) religious lodge in the city. During the operation, the agents reportedly behaved disrespectfully towards those present at the site. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation...

Tahsin Dadras, a former political prisoner from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested in December 2017 on charges of “acting against national security” through membership of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), and was later released on bail. In 2018, the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Marivan sentenced him to 12 years in prison on the same charge, a sentence that was reduced to six...

Arrest Amir Fegheh, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Khoranj in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in the village on 23 May 2023, and taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. After about 20 days of physical and psychological torture aimed at extracting forced confessions, he was transferred to Naqadeh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. During...

Arrest Kourosh Azizi, a former Kurdish political prisoner from Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces at his workplace in the city on 29 December 2024. 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 obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities have refused to...