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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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 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).