Environment Archives – Page 4 of 9 – KHRN

July 9, 2019

Continuous Deployment of Military Forces to Several Kurdish Cities

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Islamic Republic of Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has turned the Kurdish cities such as “Kosalan” and “Shaho” in the Saravabad, Paweh and Kamyaran into a military garrison through deploying massive military convoys. “Since the beginning of May, IRGC have deployed extensive military convoys and equipment to the villages around Marivan and the mountains of Kosalan and Shaho on the…

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June 26, 2019

Concerns Over the Fate of an Kurdish Activist

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Hossein Kamangar, the Kurdish activist who has been detained since Jan 7, 2019, has not been in contact with his family since February. “ He contacted his family on Feb 6, 2019 but he has not had any contact with them since then. Security interrogators have announced that he would be deprived of the right to visit his family until…

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June 7, 2019

Two Kurdish Activists Released on Heavy Bail

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two Kurdish detainees known as Farzad Hosseini and Mehdi Ghobadi have been released from the Kamyaran Prison on heavy bail over the past few days. KHRN has been informed that Farzad Hosseini, a member of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, was released on a bail of one billion Tomans. He was detained by security forces in Kamyaran…

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May 14, 2019

Kurdish Environmental Activist Released on Heavy Bail

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Sirwan Ghorbani, an environmental activist and a member of the Central Council of National Unity Party in Kurdistan, was released on a bail of seven hundred million Tomans until his trial on May 12. This activist was arrested on Tuesday, February 12 at 9 AM by security forces in Kamyaran and he was taken to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention…

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May 13, 2019

Kurdish Environmental Activist Released on Bail

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Hadi Kamangar, an environmental activist and member of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party who was arrested by security forces on January 01, was released on a bail of one billion and seven hundred million Tomans from Sanandaj Central Prison. This environmental activist was transferred to the Sanandaj Central Prison last week from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention…

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May 10, 2019

Latest Status of Environmental Activists: Heavy Bail and Continual Solitary Confinement

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two environmental activists “Hadi Kamangar and Sirwan Ghorbani” were transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj to the Central prison of this city during the past few days. Farhad Mohammadi, Hossein Kamangar, Rashed Montazeri, Farzad Hosseini, Issa Fayzi and Jalal Rostami are still held at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. “Interrogators have told Farhad…

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May 6, 2019

Iranian Intelligence Bureau Filming the Confessions of Detained Kurdish Activists in Kamyaran

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): On Wednesday evening, Apr 24, 2019 security forces transferred a number of Kurdish environmental activists and Kurdish members of the National Unity Party from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj to Kamyaran and filmed them for a television documentary. “Following a clash between the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the gunmen of one of the Kurdish opposition…

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April 25, 2019

Two Environmental Activist Released on Bail

Two environmental activists, Armin Esperlus and Homayoun Bahmani, have been released on bail after several weeks of arrest. Armin Esperlus, who was arrested by security forces on Feb 21, 2019, was released from Sanandaj Central Prison yesterday on a bail of 250 million Tomans. Homayoun Bahmani was arrested on Saturday, December 01 by security forces at the Saqez-Sanandaj road and he was held at the…

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April 11, 2019

Twelve Activists Still in Detention at Sanandaj

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): The fate of Twelve Kurdish environmental activists and members of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party, detained by the State Intelligence Bureau and the Intelligence Department of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) during the past few months, still remains uncertain. According to the family members of some of these detainees, Hossein Kamangar, Farhad Mohammadi, Homayoun Bahmani, Rashed…

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PUBLICATIONS

Monthly Report of November 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

KHRN’s special report on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The following report, published to mark 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, documents cases of femicide, arrests, sentencing,…

Monthly Report of October 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past year

On 10 October 2024, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has documented the execution of at…

Monthly Report of September 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of August 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of July 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of June 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of May 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of April 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s Annual Report

This report addresses the violations of the human rights of Kurdish civilians in Iran during the Iranian year 1402 (21 March 2023 – 19…

Monthly Report of November 2024

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 November to 30 November.

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 15 prisoners in November.

While 12 of the men were executed on drug-related charges, two were executed for “premeditated murder” and one for “rape”.

Of the 15 cases, seven were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province.

*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.

Femicide

During the past month, one woman was killed by her husband with a blow to the head and another was stabbed to death by her husband. Both cases took place in Ilam, Ilam Province, over alleged “family disputes”.

Kolbars and tradesmen

In November, one kolbar died after suffering a cardiac arrest while working in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province; three other kolbars were shot and wounded by Iranian border guards in Nowsud and Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province; and one suffered an ankle injury as a result of a landmine explosion in Nowsud.

Landmine explosions

On 14 November, a civilian, Ahmad Ali Mohammadi, was killed in a landmine explosion in Ilam, Ilam Province.

Detentions and arrests

Over the past month, Iranian forces have arrested at least 21 people, including activists and children.

At least seven of the detained civilians were sent to Mahabad, Tehran, Sanandaj, Marivan and Oshnavieh prisons to serve their sentences.

Sentences

In November, Iranian courts sentenced at least 12 people to punishments ranging from three months in prison to the death penalty.

Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi), a Kurdish political prisoner and a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR), was among those sentenced to death. Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted her on charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi).

  • Executions
  • Femicide
  • Kolbars
  • Landmine explosions
  • Detentions and arrests
  • Sentences
NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1 Omid Sheikh-Kanlou MilanSalmasRape3 Nov Orumiyeh Central Prison
2 Faramarz Entesari Nurabad, Lorestan Province Drugs6 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in KarajArrested 7 years ago
3 Jalil EghbalzadehSahneh Drugs6 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in KarajArrested 4 years ago
4 Mojtaba Ghassemi HarsinPremeditated murder6 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
5 Mohsen Moradi Nurabad, Lorestan Province Drugs13 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
6 Jafar Rastegar Harsin Drugs13 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
7 Hamzeh TarkashvandKangavar Drugs13 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
8Amanj AziziRabat, Sardasht Drugs15 NovOrumiyeh Central PrisonArrested 8 years ago
9 Rahim FaghiriSalmas Drugs17 Nov Birjand Central Prison 34 years old
10 Mostafa SouriKangavar Drugs20 NovDieselabad Prison, Kermanshah
11 Shir-Ali TarkeshbandSahneh Drugs20 Nov Lakan Prison in Rasht55 years old, arrested 4 years ago
12 Amir-Hossein Pataghi Sarpol-e Zahab Drugs21 Nov Hamadan Central Prison33 years old, arrested 5 years ago
13 Meysam NouriQorveh Drugs21 Nov Hamadan Central Prison
14 Moslem Jafari Nurabad, Lorestan Province Drugs24 NovGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
15 Jahangir (Moslem) RahimiSaqqezPremeditated murder26 Nov Saqqez Prison
NameIncident locationIncident dateExplanation
1 Unknown Ilam20 NovKilled by husband with a blow to the head due to alleged “family disputes”
2UnknownIlam29 Nov46-year-old, stabbed to death by husband due to alleged “family disputes”
NameFromIncident locationIncident dateDead/InjuredExplanation
1 Mardin ShokriPavehNowsud2 NovInjuredShot by border guards
2 Jabbar Zarei Sardasht Sardasht5 NovInjuredShot by border guards
3 Asaad Firouzbakht JavanrudNowsud5 NovInjuredShot by border guards
4 Ahmad Rezaei JavanrudNowsudMid NovInjuredSuffered ankle injury in landmine explosion
5 Mohammad Karim Azagh SarvabadNowsud23 NovDied Cardiac arrest during work as kolbar
NameFromIncident locationIncident dateKilled/InjuredExplanation
1 Ahmad Ali Mohammadi Ilam Ilam14 NovKilled
Name FromDetention locationDetention date ActivityLocation held and latest status
1 Zhina Modares Gorji Sanandaj Sanandaj2 Nov Women’s rights activistTaken to Sanandaj prison to serve 16-month sentence
2 Morteza Seydi Kamyaran TehranEarly Nov Labour activistTaken to Tehran’s Evin Prison to serve 2-year sentence
3 Hemin Mohammadi Sanandaj Sanandaj5 NovCivilian
4 Jafar Ardalan SanandajSarvabad5 NovCivilianBeaten and arrested
5 Mohammad Karimi SanandajSarvabad5 NovCivilianBeaten and arrested
6 Hamid Salehinezhad SanandajSarvabad5 NovCivilianBeaten and arrested
7 Sina Asadi Hakim SanandajSarvabad5 Nov 15-year-old childBeaten and arrested
8 Masoud MohammadiBukanBukan6 NovCivilian
9 Amir Babuoli Mahabad Mahabad7 NovCivilianTaken to Mahabad prison to serve 7-year sentence
10 Adel Pirouzi Marivan Marivan9 NovCivilianTaken to Marivan Prison to serve 1-year sentence
11 Mohammadreza Gheytarani Mahabad Mahabad12 Nov Arrested during Women, Life, Freedom uprisingTaken to Mahabad Prison to serve 6-month sentence
12 Reza Ahmadpour BanehBaneh14 NovCivilian
13 Mohammad RasoulpourOshnaviehOshnavieh16 NovCivilianTaken to Oshnavieh prison to serve 1 year and 6 months in prison
14 Pouria Ahmadi Sanandaj Tehran17 Nov Civil rights activist and former political prisonerTaken to Tehran’s Evin Prison to serve 3-month sentece
15 Seyran Khosravi Sanandaj Sanandaj19 Nov Civil activist
16 Fereydoun Soltani Takab Takab22 NovCivilian
17 Hiva BahmanBukanBukan24 NovCivilian
18 Behzad DadkhahSaqqezSaqqez25 NovCivilian
19Amir Mohammad-KhaniDivandarrehDivandarreh27 Nov Civil rights activist and former political prisoner
20Abdollah GholizadehBukanBukan30 NovCivilianBeaten and arrested
21Hemin GholizadehBukanBukan30 NovCivilianBeaten and arrested
NameFromCharged withDate sentencedIssuing courtSentenceExplanation
1 Edris Ali SardashtEspionage for Israel5 Nov Branch Two of Islamic Revolutionary Court in OrumiyehDeath penalty
2 Azad Shojaei SardashtEspionage for Israel5 Nov Branch Two of Islamic Revolutionary Court in OrumiyehDeath penalty
3 Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of IraqEspionage for Israel5 Nov Branch Two of Islamic Revolutionary Court in OrumiyehDeath penalty
4 Nasser BekrzadehOrumiyehEspionage for IsraelEarly Nov Branch Two of Islamic Revolutionary Court in OrumiyehDeath penalty
5 Verisheh Moradi SanandajArmed insurrection (Baghi)10 Nov Branch 15 of Islamic Revolutionary Court in TehranDeath penalty
6Srwa ShiriBukan Propaganda against the state in favour a Kurdish opposition partyMid Nov Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two 8 months imprisonment
7Peyman ShiriBukan Propaganda against the state in favour a Kurdish opposition partyMid Nov Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two6 months imprisonment
8 Ali Allah-Veysi Sanandaj Acting against national security17 Nov Branch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj 1 year and 6 months imprisonment
9 Srwa Pour-Mohammadi Sanandaj Forming or joining a group with the intention of disrupting national security25 Nov Court of Appeal of Kurdistan Province 5 years imprisonmentKurdish language teacher, boeard member of Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association
10 Edris HajipourBukan Propaganda against the state 26 Nov Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two 3 months imprisonment
11 Hemin Ebrahim HamzehBukan Propaganda against the state 26 Nov Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two 3 months imprisonment
12 Rashid RahimiBukan Propaganda against the state 26 Nov Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two1 year imprisonment