Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian security forces have arrested at least seven Kurdish activists and civilians in the cities of Saqqez in Kurdistan Province and Bukan in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days. The names of these individuals are Hiro Ghadimi, Ahmad Moazzaz, Omid Touti, Ghader Fathollahi, Taher Soltani, Hassan Chakouch, and Hossein Chakouch. Ghadimi, a civil rights activist from Saqqez, was arrested without a warrant after security forces raided…

Civil rights activists Sirous Abbasi and Azad Abbasi were arrested and subsequently sent to Qorveh Prison after being summoned to the court in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province. The brothers had previously been sentenced by Branch Two of the Criminal Court of Dehgolan to 48 months, 18 months, and 10 months in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security”, “disturbing public order” and “propaganda…

Security forces raided the annual meeting of the Chya the Green Organisation in the village of Nachi in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, on 10 September, arresting at least 25 members. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that while most of those detained were released after signing written undertakings, activists Madeh Khoshnavaz, Kaveh Dastan and Kaveh Karimian remain in custody. Last night, the detainees were transferred…

Iranian Ministry of Intelligence today arrested Kurdish civil rights activist Sherko Hejazi in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province and took him to an undisclosed location. Hejazi, who is also the chairman of the football association in Saqqez, was beaten by security forces on a street close to his workplace during his arrest.

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish artist Vatan Dousti on 6 September in Dehloran, Ilam province. Details of the charges against Dousti, who is from Pahleh, Ilam Province, and the location of his detention remain unknown. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), security forces arrested at least 60 civilians on political grounds in various cities in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan,…

Omid Ghadimi, the brother of Foad Ghadimi, one of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by security forces on a street in the city on 7 September and taken to an undisclosed location. In recent weeks, Omid Ghadimi has been repeatedly summoned and interrogated by the security services for his social media activities. In recent weeks, the state…

Parsa Ghobadi, a young protester who was shot in both eyes during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, on 21 November 2022, was arrested by security forces in the city on 4 September. The current whereabouts and fate of the young man from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, remain unknown. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security agents arrested Ghobadi without a…

The Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, summoned and arrested Ahmad Hassanzadeh and Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the father and sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, one of the victims of last year’s anti-government protests. The arrests come as part of the increased pressure by security and judicial authorities on the families of the protest victims. The father and daughter were summoned by telephone yesterday and then taken…

Iranian security forces today arrested Jina Mahsa Amini’s uncle Safa Aeli in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province and took him to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Aeli was arrested without a court warrant at 13:00 local time as he was returning home when security forces raided his house. During the search, the forces confiscated some of his personal belongings and identification documents…