Security forces arrested civilian Farough Hosseini at his family home in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, on 26 January and took him to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided Hosseini’s home in the morning, arrested him without a warrant and confiscated several personal items without specifying the charges. Hossein is the son of Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini, the Imam…
Read moreThe fate of Kurdish civilian Shahram Ranjbar, who was arrested by security forces in a raid on his home on 22 January, remains unknown. Security forces raided Ranjbar’s home in the village of Gavmish Goli in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province, and arrested him without a warrant. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that despite the family’s efforts to obtain information from local authorities in…
Read moreIranian security forces have arrested at least seven people in Piranshahr, Bukan and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province and Marivan in Kurdistan Province in recent days. On 22 January, civilians Shwana Khezrnezhad, Salah Khezrnezhad and Ahad Khezrnezhad were arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence forces during a raid on their home in the village of Gerdeh Bon in Piranshahr. On the morning of…
Read moreSecurity forces have arrested three Kurdish individuals, Rebaz Mohammadi Moghaddam, Nasser Alipour, and Rebwar Kouhgard, in the cities of Piranshahr and Bukan in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days and taken them to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces arrested Moghaddam without a warrant during a raid on his home in Piranshahr on 15 January and confiscated…
Read moreSecurity forces arrested civilians Khalil Rasoulzadeh and Aziz Hal-Khali without a warrant during home raids in Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on 16 January and took them to an undisclosed location. There is no information about the charges against the two individuals or where they are being held. Rasoulzadeh is from the village of Shawleh in Naqadeh and Hal-Khali comes from the city of Naqadeh.
Read moreThe Ministry of Intelligence arrested Sasan Chamanara, an artist and civil rights activist from Ilam, Ilam Province, at his family home in the city on 17 January and took him to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the officers arrested Chamanara without a warrant during a raid on his home and confiscated some of his personal belongings. Chamanara was previously…
Read moreSecurity forces today arrested former Kurdish political prisoner Salah Osmani at his home in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, and took him to an undisclosed location. Osmani was arrested without a warrant during a raid on his home at 02:00 local time, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. During the search of his family home, security forces confiscated several personal items belonging to Osmani. Osmani was…
Read moreLaw enforcement forces in Kermanshah have tortured to death Payam Abdi, a 35-year-old Kurdish man recently arrested in the city, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On 9 January, a police officer informed Abdi’s family of his death and asked them to retrieve his body from the military hospital in Kermanshah. When the family arrived, however, conflicting statements emerged, with law enforcement officials claiming…
Read moreIn recent days, security forces in West Azerbaijan Province have arrested six Kurdish civilians – Aso Mohammadi, Jabraeil Ahmadpour, Mansour Nikzad, Edris Parvizi, Shoresh Aboubakri, and Siamand Mina – in Oshnavieh, Sardasht, and Mahabad. The arrests were carried out without clear charges, and the individuals were taken to undisclosed locations. According to information received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), security forces conducted unwarranted raids…
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