Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Jalal Rostami, an environmental activist from Shahini village of Kamyaran and resident of Ramsar in northern Iran, was arrested by security forces at his workplace and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj two days later. According to the information obtained by KHRN Jalal Rostami was arrested by a security team at his workplace- a confectionary shop…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the past few days, seven Kurdish activists- who were arrested in Kamyaran, Sanandaj and Marivan- were temporarily released on bail. Meanwhile, 14 other activists are still held at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. Jamal Asadi spent one day in prison while Iraj Rahimzadeh, Pouria Ahmadi and Zakaria Naqshbandi served 15 days. Shaho Faraji spent 20 days…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Jamal Asadi, an environmental activist and member of the climbing group called “Chalchemah”, was arrested on Tuesday, March 05. He was telephone summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. There is still no news about the fate and whereabouts of this activist despite the consistent enquiries made by his family for…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Families of recently arrested activists of Sanandaj, Kamyaran and Marivan held a protest gathering in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) building in Sanandaj on Saturday morning February 24 and called for the immediate release of these people. “This gathering was led by a group of women from the families of the detainees. The crowd demanded the authorities…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Following further arrests of Kurdish environmental activists in recent days, two other environmental activists, Zakaria Naqshbandi and Iraj Rahimzadeh, were detained by security forces in Sanandaj and Marivan. According to reports received by KHRN, security guards arrested Zakaria Naqshbandi a member of the Kurdistan’s Green Population Association in Sanandaj at his workplace on February 17. The agents subsequently searched the…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two environmental activists and members of the Kurdistan branch of the Wahdat National Party in Sanandaj, Arman Vafaei and Shaho Faraji, were arrested by security forces on Monday, February 18. A member of the above-mentioned party expressed concern over the summons and arrest of members of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party while announcing that Shaho Faraji and…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two environmental conservationists, Reza Asadi and Fazel Qeitasi, were released on bail after 47 days of detention. The two Kurdish activists were arrested by security forces on January 31, 2019 following the arrest of activists in Kamyaran and Members of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party. Reza Asadi and Fazel Qeitasi spent their entire detention at the Ministry of…
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The arrest warrants for ten Kurdish political and civil rights activists ‘Hadi Kamangar, Fazel Qeitisi, Reza Asadi, Farhad Mohammadi, Rashed Montazeri, Hossein Kamangar, Isa Feizi, Amanj Ghorbani, Zanyar Zemiran and Bakhtiar Kamangar’ were extended over the past few days. They have also been severely under pressure for making TV confessions. These civilians were arrested by security forces earlier between January 01 and 06. An informed…
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Ten detained Iranian Kurdish activists are under pressure to make false confessions, with influential imams and officials demanding their immediate execution. Recent changes to the administrators and security apparatus of Iran’s Kurdestan province and other Kurdish populated regions are the main factors behind the alarming security measures used to crack down on Kurdish activists. The arrests were made following militarisation of Kurdish cities, towns and villages in Iran, where Kurdish…
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.