Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Barzan Maleki is an imam and religious instructor at the Sheikheyn Grand Mosque in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Maleki was arrested on 26 May 2025, following a summons to the Special

Loghman Amini, the Friday prayer leader of the Chahar Yar-e Nabi mosque and a religious studies teacher in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was previously detained by security forces on 30 January 2023

Ayat Gholami, former imam of the Mohammad al-Mostafa Mosque in Kermanshah and a religious instructor, had previously been summoned and interrogated by the Security Office for Clerical Affairs in

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)

Mohammad-Mirza Rahmani, a Kurdish Sunni cleric from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested on 22 December 2021 and detained for three weeks for attending and speaking at the memorial

Hossein Khosravi has served as an Imam in mosques in the cities of Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province, for many years. Arrest Khosravi was beaten and arrested by the

Soleyman Adhami has served for years as the prayer leader in mosques in the villages of Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Adhami was beaten and arrested by

Arrest Hiwa Nouri was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 29 January 2024, along with two other Kurdish Sunni clerics, Hossein Khosravi and Soleyman Adhami, in Bukan, West

Mohammad Khezrnezhad holds a master's degree in Arabic Literature and has been primarily engaged in research and translation in the field of Islamic studies in recent years. Over the past 20