“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…
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An environmental activist and a member of the Chelchmeh Mountaineering Group in Sanandaj were summoned to the Intelligence Office on 7 November, and released after a lengthy interrogation. Jamal Asadi was arrested earlier on 5 March after being summoned to the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency and transferred to the detention centre affiliated with the agency. He had been released a day after his arrest.
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Environmental activist Sirwan Rahimi is still being questioned at the Intelligence Detention Center of Sanandaj following passing two months over his detention. Rahimi has only managed to make two short phone calls to his family so far and he has confirmed to his family that he was still being interrogated, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The …
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In 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 April to 30 April.
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.
Executions
According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed at least six prisoners in April, four on drug-related charges and two for “premeditated murder”.
The executions took place in prisons in Orumiyeh, Hamadan, Kerman, Karaj, Saqqez, and Ardabil.
*Explanation: The KHRN, recognizing the fundamental right to life, publishes and records news and execution statistics without regard to the ethnic background of individuals and the location of the execution. All cases reported to the organisation by credible sources are published after thorough fact-checking.
Landmine explosions
In the past month, landmine explosions killed a civilian in Gilan-e Gharb and injured another in Saqqez.
Kolbars and tradesmen
During this period, at least four kolbars were shot dead by Iranian border guards and 22 kolbars were injured.
Of the injured, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards, two fell from heights at the border, one was beaten and one was injured during the pursuit of the border guards.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout April, Iranian forces arrested at least 45 civilians, including eight activists, a journalist, and a former political prisoner.
At least 13 of the detained civilians were sent to prisons in Oshnavieh and Naqadeh to serve prison sentences.
Sentences
In the past month, Iranian courts have sentenced at least 10 people to punishments ranging from three months to 10 years in prison.
Among those sentenced was Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was sentenced to five years of exile imprisonment in Babak, Kerman Province, by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran after one year and seven months of detention.