Four civilians, including Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, one of the victims of last year’s anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, were arrested without a warrant by security forces at the entrance to Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 27 September. The names of the other three women detained while entering Saqqez are Sheyda Rezaei, Shirin Khayyat and Simin Khayyat, the Kurdistan Human Rights…
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The whereabouts and fate of Varisheh Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR) with the organisational code name of Jwana Sna, who was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, almost two months ago, remains unknown. Moradi was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence at the entrance to Sanandaj on 1 August, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)…
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On the anniversary of the death of Mohsen Gheysari, one of the victims of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising in Ilam, Ilam Province, at least four civilians, Mohammad Hossein Gheysari (Mohsen’s brother), Ali Shirkhani, Mahmoud Sadeghi, and his daughter Hedi Sadeghi, were beaten and arrested by security forces following a memorial service in Ilam on 21 September. Mohammad Hossein Gheysari and Mahmoud…
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Iranian security forces have arrested civilians Khabat Dehdar, Ramyar Dehdar, and Azad Abbasi, in the cities of Sanandaj and Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province and taken them to undisclosed locations. Khabat Dehdar and his brother Ramyar Dehdar were arrested today in Sanandaj without a warrant after security forces raided their home. Khabat Dehdar, a former political prisoner and labour activist, was previously arrested in Sanandaj during the…
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Dozens of agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation raided a house in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 September and arrested Kurdish activists Ashkan Fahim and Reza Andisheh. They forced their way into the house, breaking doors and windows, and arrested the activists after brutally beating and hitting them with rifle butts, causing serious injuries and bleeding, the Kurdistan Human Rights…
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In a continuation of arrests targeting the families of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, security forces today arrested Rezan Saedi and Moayyed Saedi, the aunt and brother of Sarina Saedi, and Omid Niyazi, the brother of Mohsen Niyazi, in the cities of Sanandaj and Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces today surrounded the…
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Kurdish civil rights activist Hiro Ghadimi was placed in solitary confinement at the Juvenile Detention Centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, after being arrested by security forces at her family home in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 12 September. Ghadimi, known for her advocacy work in children’s and women’s rights, as well as her assistance to individuals with special needs in Saqqez, has been denied access to…
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Civilians Fakhrieh Omidi and Batoul Omidi were sent to the women’s quarantine ward of the Ilam Central Prison on a temporary detention order on 12 September. The two sisters, who were recently arrested by security forces in Ilam, Ilam Province, were transferred to prison after being charged with “propaganda against the state”. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a total of…
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Security forces have arrested civilians Samira Ahmadi, Esmaeil Barkhordari, Kourosh Abdi and Omid Karimi in the cities of Saqqez and Divandarreh in Kurdistan Province in recent days and taken them to undisclosed locations. This is part of a recent wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists ahead of the anniversary of last year’s anti-government protests. Ahmadi was arrested today without a court warrant while driving…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
Executions
According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Khorramabad, Karaj, Hamadan, and Dezful.
While three prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, 10 were executed for drug-related offences.
These are the executions of which the KHRN has been informed by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In August, at least four kolbars were killed and 16 were injured in the country’s western border areas.
Of these, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards and one was killed after he was hit by a military vehicle of the border forces.
In addition, one kolbar was injured after being shot by Iraqi border forces in the Choman border of Baneh on 7 August.
Killings of civilians
On 17 August, a Kurdish soldier from Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, was shot dead at a military base in Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province.
Work accidents
Over the past month, at least six workers lost their lives in work accidents in Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Saqqez, Maku, Javanrud and Ilam.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout August, Iranian forces arrested at least 60 civilians, including activists, journalists, Kurdish Sunni clerics and two children.
Two of these civilians were detained to serve prison sentences in Ilam and Naqadeh.
Prison sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 10 people to prison terms ranging from six months to a total of 16 and a half years.
Half of these sentences were handed down by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.