No information has been received on the fate of Mohammad Kadkhoda, a Kurdish civilian from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, 16 days after his arrest. On 14 October, the Police for the Supervision of Public Facilities and Locations and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) raided Kadkhoda’s home in Bukan and arrested him without a warrant after searching his house. Despite repeated efforts…
Read moreKurdish environmental activist Saman Mohammadi was summoned and arrested by the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 28 October. The reason for Mohammadi’s arrest, who was taken to a security detention facility in Sanandaj, remains unknown. In recent years, Mohammadi has been actively involved in several environmental organisations in Kurdistan.
Read moreIranian security forces arrested at least 15 activists and civilians during the funeral of Armita Geravand at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on 29 October. The burial ceremony took place under tight security and was attended by Geravand’s family, friends, and a group of civilians, civil rights activists and families of those killed in last year’s anti-government protests. Among those arrested are: Mohammad Geravand, a…
Read moreKurdish civilian Diyar Ahmadi has been released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison in Kurdistan Province after one month in detention. Meanwhile, civilians Ali Ahmadi and Ayoub Ahmadi remain detained at the Shahramfar detention centre, run by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Sanandaj. On 16 September, during a raid on an orchard near the village of Arnan in Sanandaj, security…
Read moreKurdish activists Reza Andisheh and Ashkan Fahim have been transferred to Mahabad and Orumiyeh prisons in West Azerbaijan Province after the conclusion of their interrogation period at the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh. Andisheh was transferred to Mahabad Prison on 15 October and Fahim was moved to Orumiyeh Central Prison on 18 October, the Kurdistan…
Read moreEight Kurdish activists and civilians have been temporarily released on bail in recent days from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj and Saqqez prison in Kurdistan Province, and Evin Prison in Tehran, Tehran Province. Samira Ahmadi, Safa Aeli, Azad Amini, Omid Moghaddas, Hiwa Tataei, and Hiwa Jahani were temporarily released from Sanandaj and Saqqez prisons on 17 October, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has…
Read moreThe Iranian Ministry of Intelligence arrested Nasser Sargaran, a lawyer, university lecturer and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, at his family home in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 11 October. Following his arrest, which took place without a warrant, Sargaran was taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Since his arrest, he has only had one brief phone call with his…
Read moreMore than five months have passed since the arrest of eight Kurdish civilians in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province, raising concerns about their well-being and the lack of information about their situation. The detainees, including Aboubakr Mamzadeh, Ahmad Mamzadeh, Javanmard Mam-Khosravi, Soran Ghassemi, Jalil Mowloudi, Rizgar Baba-Miri, Kaveh Salehi, and Pezhman Soltani, were taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in…
Read moreThe situation of Kurdish civilian Adel (Shakhawan) Mirzaei remains uncertain following his arrest by security forces in the village of Negel in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, about a month ago. Despite persistent requests by Mirzaei’s family to the court and the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, they have received no information about his well-being. Mirzaei has been denied access to legal counsel, family visits, or contact with…
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