Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Detained Kurdish civilians Vahid Chavaran, Mohammad Hossein Haaseli, and Nasser Rezaei sewed their lips together in the pre-trial detention centre of Ilam Prison, one day after starting a hunger strike. The Kurdish civilians, along with Bakhtiar Mohammadzadeh, a detained civilian from Darreh Shahr in Ilam Province, began their hunger strike on 3 September in protest at their continued detention. Today, in response to the authorities’ neglect…

Iranian Ministry of Intelligence in Ilam, Ilam Province, summoned and arrested civilian Bakhtiar Mohammadzadeh, a resident of Darreh Shahr in Ilam province, on 29 August. Mohammadzadeh, who runs a pharmacy in Darreh Shahr, was previously detained in February after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Ilam. On 26 April, he was released on bail of 30 billion rials – nearly 60,000 USD – after…

Kurdish journalist Nazila Maroofian has been arrested by security forces in Tehran for the fourth time since the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising began. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces forced their way into the journalist’s home in Tehran today, where they beat and arrested her without a warrant. After her arrest, Maroofian, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was taken to an undisclosed…

In a recent escalation of arrests targeting Kurdish civilians and activists, at least four people have been detained by security forces in the cities of Saqqez and Marivan in Kurdistan province over the past three days. Saro Mostajer, Khaled Mehr-Asa, Amir Arzhangi and Sattar Arzhangi are the civilians arrested and subsequently taken to an undisclosed location. Amir Arzhangi and Sattar Arzhangi were arrested on 24 August…

Security forces raided the home of Kurdish Sunni cleric Mohammad Sharifi in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, arresting him without a warrant on 27 August. Sources indicate that during the operation, officers forced their way into the cleric’s home, breaking doors and windows in the process. They also confiscated his personal belongings. Details of the charges brought against Sharifi and his current whereabouts remain unknown. The incident follows…

Abdollah Aboubakri, the father of Zanyar Aboubakri, one of the victims of the anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was detained and threatened for several hours today after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence office in the city. Aboubakri was released after signing a written undertaking not to take part in any events during the upcoming anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising,…

As part of the ongoing wave of arrests, five Kurdish civilians have been arrested in Oshnavieh, Mahabad, Kamyaran, and Piranshahr, on the eve of the anniversary of the government’s killing of Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. The identities of these civilians are: Mobin Dahar, Samad Shaboyi, Amir Seyyedi, Afshin Saedi, and Moein Sharafian. On 17 August, security forces arrested a young man,…

Iranian security forces today arrested Sharmin Habibi, the spouse of Fereydoun Mahmoudi, one of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Following her arrest as part of the recent crackdown on Kurdish civilians and activists, security forces took Habibi to an undisclosed location. On 21 August, security forces attempted to arrest Habibi at the home of Fereydoun Mahmoudi’s mother in Saqqez,…

Iranian security forces have arrested five more Kurdish civilians as part of the recent wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in Mahabad, Marivan, Javanrud and Kamyaran on the eve of the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. The identities of these civilians are: Amanj Khasteh, Zana Parvaneh, Moein Faghihi, Hesam Karami, and Sirvan Karami, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On…