Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Hassan Mardani and Loghman Pishyar without a warrant in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, on 10 August, and took them to an undisclosed location. There is no information about the charges brought against these civilians or where they are being held. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), in July, at least 75 Kurdish civilians and activists…
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Farhad Navaei, a 16-year-old student who was arrested by security forces during anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, in November last year, was released today from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Navaei, who was recently sentenced to two years in prison by the Criminal Court One of Mahabad, was released after about nine months in detention. The court had charged the…
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The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) today arrested Kurdish civil rights activist Ramin Hassannezhad near Rabat, West Azerbaijan Province, and took him to an undisclosed location. There is no information about the charges against the activist or where he is being held. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), in July, at least 75 Kurdish civilians and activists…
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Detained civilians Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheysar-Beygi, Ayoub Garavand, Younes Garavand and Shahriar Faryadian remain in temporary detention at the pre-trial detention centre of Ilam, Ilam Province, after ending their hunger strike. The civilians from Sarableh, Ilam province, began a five-day hunger strike on 23 July to protest their continued detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Friday Prayer Imam and the Sarableh…
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After several days of relentless efforts by environmental activists and teams dispatched from various cities in Kurdistan, the raging wildfires that devastated the forests of Marivan, Kurdistan province, continue to pose a significant challenge. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), one of the environmental activists present in the affected area confirmed the presence of a human element in the extensive wildfires,…
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Security forces have arrested Kurdish civilians Vali Mohseni and Alan Ardeshiri in Abadan, Ilam province, and Marivan, Kurdistan province, in recent days, and taken them to undisclosed locations. Ardeshiri was arrested by security forces at his home in Marivan on 2 August without a judicial warrant. In a separate incident, on 1 August, Mohseni, a resident of Murmuri, in Ilam province, was summoned to the Abadan…
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Security forces opened fire on the vehicle of Pouria Ahmadi, a former political prisoner and civil rights activist, as he was traveling from Sanandaj to Marivan on 1 August. After forcing the car to stop, security forces arrested Ahmadi, his wife Sahar Ahmadi, and their child Barzin Ahmadi, and took them to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. The Kurdistan Human Rights…
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Rahim Shamei, a Kurdish civilian who was arrested during anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, following the government’s killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, has been detained in a state of uncertainty for eight months. According to a source familiar with the case, the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) summoned and arrested him on 1 December 2022, after he appeared at…
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The whereabouts of Kurdish civilians Morad Rasoul Tajgardoun and Mohammad Choukal, who were arrested by security forces in the cities of Orumiyeh and Naqadeh in West Azerbaijan province a few days ago, are still unknown. Tajgardoun, 26, was arrested without a court order in Naqadeh on 29 July and taken to an undisclosed location. Also on 30 July, Choukal, an artist and director of the Choukal…
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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.