Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Hossein Mahmoudpour, Hamzeh Ghanei, Omar Hosseinzadeh, Hedi Abdolbakht, and Najmaddin Eisazadeh in Oshnavieh and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days, taking them to undisclosed locations. The arrests are part of a recent wave of arrests of Kurdish activists and civilians ahead of the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that…
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Detained civilians Sahar Ahmadi, Zilan Molaei and Zeryan Molaei were provisionally released on bail from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, in recent days. In addition, activist Pouria Ahmadi informed his family by telephone that he had been transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Sanandaj to a facility run by the ministry in Tehran, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)…
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Security forces today arrested civilian Firmesk Babaei after she removed her compulsory hijab and chanted anti-government slogans on a street leading to the governor’s office in Paveh, Kermanshah Province. Babaei, who was reportedly beaten during her arrest, has been taken to an undisclosed location.
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In a recent wave of arrests, at least three more Kurdish civilians including Arsalan Kheyri, Mamal Sharifi and Hiva Rahnavard, were arrested by security forces in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, and taken to undisclosed locations. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Hiva Rahnavard was arrested by security forces in the village of Bafarvan in Mahabad on 16 August. In addition, on 15 August,…
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Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Hiva Shabahang, Ayoub Mirzaei, Shirvan Khezri, Hedayat Khasteh, Sherko Nasiri, and Ashkan Rasouli in the cities of Oshnavieh and Mahabad in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days. Early morning raids on 16 August targeted the homes of three civilians from the village of Gog Tapeh in Mahabad – Hedayat Khasteh, Sherko Nasiri, and Ashkan Rasouli. The arrests were made without…
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Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Loghman Sokhanvar and Houshyar Ghaderi, a 17-year-old child, in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 14 August and took them to an undisclosed location. Security forces stopped Sokhanvar’s vehicle in Piranshahr and arrested him without presenting a judicial order. Simultaneously, security forces raided Gahderi’s family home in the village of Shinabad in Piranshahr and arrested him. There is no information on the charges…
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Kurdish civilian Bahar Ahmadi was arrested without a court order by security forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 12 August. Ahmadi’s arrest follows the detention of her husband, Asaad Mohammadi, three weeks ago, with no information available on his whereabouts. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided Ahmadi’s home on 12 August and arrested her in an atmosphere of fear and…
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The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Reza Babrnezhad, the brother of Mehdi Babrnezhad, who was killed during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Quchan, Razavi Khorasan Province. Babrnezhad was arrested without a warrant after IRGC intelligence agents raided his house on 11 August. During the raid, security forces reportedly broke windows and confiscated Babrnezhad’s personal belongings. The charges brought against Babrnezhad and…
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Security forces arrested two sisters, Zilan Molaei and Zeryan Molaei, on 13 August after raiding on their family home in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. The sisters were arrested without a warrant and taken to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Details of the charges against the two students remain unknown. Zilan is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in architecture, while Zeryan is enrolled in…
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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.