”On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, security forces affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Faryad Abdi, an environmental activist and member of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, at his bookstore in Kamyaran”, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). ”He transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj for interrogation.”, the source added. Faryad Abdi had previously been jailed…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Faranak Jashmidi, a member of the Green Society of Kurdistan who was arrested on July 29 by forces affiliated with the Sanandaj Intelligence Office, is still being held in custody. During this period, she was transferred to the Detention Center of the Ministry of Intelligence for interrogation during the day and returned to the Sanandaj Correctional…
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“Environmental activist Dler Khosravi was released on a bail of 200 million Tomans”, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The activist was transferred from prison to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre on April 13 and returned to prison last week after being interrogated by the security officers. On March 1, Security forces affiliated with the Sanandaj Intelligence Service arrested this member…
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The detained environmental activist “Dler (Yadollah) Khosravi” has been transferred to Sanandaj Central prison after a month of interrogation. The court has set a bail of 200 million tomans for his release. On March 1, Security forces affiliated with the Sanandaj Intelligence Service arrested this member of Kurdistan’s Green Population while searching his family home in the village of Zanan. Dler Khosravi was also arrested earlier in 2007 but…
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On Sunday morning, March 1, Security forces affiliated with the Sanandaj Intelligence Service arrested the environment activist “Dler (Yadollah) Khosravi” while searching his family home in the village of Zanan. Dler Khosravi is a member of Kurdistan’s Green Population. After being detained, he was transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj and he is still under interrogation. He was also arrested earlier in…
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On Thursday, February 14, Shadman Bani Bashar, an environmental activist and a member of the Chelchameh Mountaineering Group, was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj, an informed source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). He confirmed the news of his arrest by security forces in a short call to his family.
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Rashid Naserzadeh, director of the “Shno 24” Telegram Channel and environmental activists, has been released on a bail of 200 million tomans. He was arrested by security forces on his way back to the Piranshahr-Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) by security forces and taken to an unknown location on Tuesday 03, December. Naserzadeh had previously been summoned and interrogated…
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The six-year prison sentence of the Kurdish environmental activist Arman Ghafouri, issued by the Marivan Revolutionary Court last February, has been reduced to one year by the Court of Appeal in Sanandaj, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The verdict has been verbally served on the activist’s lawyer, and Ghafouri must report to the Marivan Prison Execution Bureau in the coming days. The Intelligence Department…
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Rashid Naserzadeh, director of the “Shno 24” Telegram Channel and environmental activist, was arrested in his way back from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq between Piranshahr and Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) by the security forces on 3 December and taken to an unknown location, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Nasserzadeh had previously been summoned and interrogated by security agencies for his activities. The “Shno 24” Telegram Channel…
Read moreIn its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran.
This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 June to 30 June.
The restrictive environment for independent human rights organisations in Iran, coupled with the pressures faced by individuals subjected to human rights violations and their families, make it difficult to publish accurate and comprehensive reports.
It is therefore important to note that the statistics and information presented in this report do not cover all cases of human rights violations. This report is the result of examining news and reports published by the KHRN and fact-checking of reports published by other human rights organisations and news websites.
Femicide
In June, two women were killed by their husbands in Piranshahr and Sanandaj over alleged “family disputes”.
Kolbars and tradesmen
During this period, at least two kolbars were shot dead and nine kolbars were injured by Iranian border guards.
Of the injured, three were shot while six others were beaten by the border guards.
Civilian killings
In early June, at least two Kurdish civilians were killed by Iranian border guards in Oshnavieh.
On 2 June, Mohammad Ali Shiro was shot and wounded by border guards while collecting spring plants.
On 8 June, Jafar Gardi was shot and wounded by border guards on the suspicion of carrying contraband.
Landmine explosions
On 17 June, Hadi Ghoncheh-Doust, a civilian, was killed in a landmine explosion in Baneh.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout June, Iranian forces arrested at least 14 individuals, including two Yarsani civilians, an activist and a 73-year-old man.
At least two of the detained civilians were sent to Naqadeh Prison to serve prison sentences.
Sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts have sentenced at least nine people to punishments ranging from one year to three years and four months in prison.
Meanwhile, in early June, the Amnesty Commission overturned the death sentence of Kurdish Sunni cleric Mohammad Khezrnezhad.