The detention of two Kurdish civilians, Salam Soltani and Amir Fagheh, who have been held in an uncertain state in Naqadeh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, has been extended for another month, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Soltani and Fagheh were arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 6 May and 22 May, respectively, in the village of Khoranj in Piranshahr, West…
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Mina Soltani, the mother of Shahriar Mohammadi, a protester killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in 2022 in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, remains in detention without access to legal representation or family visits, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Since her arrest on 11 September, Soltani has had only one brief phone call with a relative, during which she revealed that…
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The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) today arrested Amirhossein Haghjouyan, the cousin of the executed Kurdish Yarsan civilian Reza Rasaei, in Sahneh, Kermanshah Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that armed IRGC intelligence agents raided Haghjouyan’s family plant nursery on the outskirts of Sahneh at 07:30 local time and took him to an undisclosed location. There is no information…
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Sayyad Darvishi, the brother of Farjad Darvishi, the protester killed by Iranian forces during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, has been sent to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve an eight-month sentence. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Darvishi was arrested after being summoned by the Orumiyeh Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in recent days. Darvishi was…
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Security forces have arrested at least seven Kurdish civilians in Divandarreh and Marivan, Kurdistan Province, and Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, in recent days, continuing the recent wave of arrests targeting Kurdish civilians and activists. On 19 September, security forces arrested Khalil Asghari without a warrant at his workplace in Divandarreh. On 17 September, Salah Fathi was arrested in the village of Rashidabad, and Mani Mohammadi in…
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Sina Mohammadi, a civil rights activist and sociology student from Bolbanabad in Dehgolan County in Kurdistan Province, has been beaten and arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided Mohammadi’s home in the early hours of 18 September and arrested him without a court order. There is no information about the…
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Kurdish journalist Fardin Mostafaei, the administrator of the Telegram channel Saqqez Rudaw and a member of the International Federation of Journalists, has been arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in the city of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Mostafaei’s location remains unknown, and authorities have not disclosed the reasons for his arrest. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces detained Mostafaei at a café…
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Security forces have arrested two Kurdish civilians, Aram Sadeghi and Arman Nowshadi, in the cities of Sanandaj and Divandarreh in Kurdistan Province in recent days. Nowshadi, from Divandarreh, was arrested without a warrant at his home in Divandarreh on 16 September. Sadeghi, from Sanandaj, was arrested outside his shop in Sanandaj on 10 September by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
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Security forces have arrested at least four more civilians in the run-up to and on the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Marivan, Divandarreh, Baneh and Bukan. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Kurdish filmmaker Reza Alaei was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, as he was leaving his…
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In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran.
This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 September to 30 September.
The restrictive environment for independent human rights organisations in Iran, coupled with the pressures faced by individuals subjected to human rights violations and their families, make it difficult to publish accurate and comprehensive reports.
It is therefore important to note that the statistics and information presented in this report do not cover all cases of human rights violations. This report is the result of examining news and reports published by the KHRN and fact-checking of reports published by other human rights organisations and news websites.
Executions
According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed at least five prisoners in September.
While four of these men were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, one was executed for drug-related charges.
*Explanation: The KHRN, recognizing the fundamental right to life, publishes and records news and execution statistics without regard to the ethnic background of individuals and the location of the execution. All cases reported to the organisation by credible sources are published after thorough fact-checking.
Femicide
On 7 September, a young woman was killed by her 70-year-old father over alleged “family disputes” in Ilam, Ilam Province.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In September, Fardin Rostamnezhad, a kolbar from Paveh, Kermanshah Province, died from his injuries almost 18 months after he was shot by border guards.
Additionally, at least three kolbars were injured by Iranian border forces; two were shot and one was beaten.
Detentions and arrests
Over the past month, Iranian forces have arrested at least 42 people, including activists, children, and members of dadkhah families (a Persian term used for victims’ relatives and survivors seeking truth and justice).
At least three of the detained civilians were sent to Naqadeh and Orumiyeh prisons to serve their sentences.
Sentences
In September, Iranian courts sentenced at least nine people to punishments ranging from fines to two years in prison.
Additionally, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner with Turkish citizenship, on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh).