On 10 October 2024, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has documented the execution of at least 138 Kurdish prisoners in various prisons across Iran over the past year. These executions, which took place between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024, highlight the Islamic Republic of Iran’s alarming use of the death penalty as a tool…
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Iran executed Ashkan Yari, a prisoner from Kermanshah who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, in Hamadan Central Prison on 5 October. Yari was arrested about four years ago and sentenced to death for involvement in drug trafficking. The execution is part of a broader trend, as at least five Kurdish prisoners were executed in September in the prisons of Hamadan, Miandoab, and Ghezel…
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The Iranian authorities have executed three prisoners, Mowloud Khaledian, Nima Moradi and Nasrollah Mennati, on charges of premeditated murder in Ilam Central Prison in Ilam Province and Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. Khaledian, a father of one from the village of Qamlu in Qorveh, Kurdistan Province, was executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on the morning of 2 October. He was arrested four…
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Iranian authorities have executed Fazlollah Pour-Nasiri, a prisoner from Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Pour-Nasiri, who was arrested about three and a half years ago, was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September and executed this morning. Another prisoner, Hamzeh Shahbazi, was also…
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Prisoners Farzollah Nasiri and Hamzeh Shahbazi, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Nasiri, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, and Shahbazi, from Tehran, were both previously convicted on drug charges. Shahbazi was imprisoned several years ago, while Nasiri was arrested…
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Iranian authorities executed Kam-Bakhsh Mahmoudi, a man convicted of “premeditated murder”, on 25 September in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Mahmoudi, 34, from the city of Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, was arrested two years ago and sentenced to death. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), at least seven Kurdish prisoners have been executed in Iranian prisons over the past…
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Iranian authorities executed Sajjad Bandegi, a man convicted of drug-related offences, on 11 September in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for the execution on 10 September. Bandegi, a 35-year-old from Harsin, Kermanshah Province, was arrested in October 2015, along with another man, Foroud Geravand, on charges of drug trafficking. Geravand, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, was executed in…
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The Iranian authorities executed Feyzollah Hosseinpour and Soleyman Ghahremani, two prisoners convicted of “premeditated murder”, on 9 September in Miandoab Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. The two men were transferred to solitary confinement on 8 September in preparation for their executions. They were sentenced to death after being found guilty of “premeditated murder”, a crime punishable by qisas, which gives the victim’s family the right to…
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Authorities in Hamadan Central Prison executed Saber Jamali, a 29-year-old prisoner from Kangavar in Kermanshah Province, on the morning of 1 September on charges of “premeditated murder”. Jamali was arrested three years ago and was subsequently sentenced to death by retribution in kind (qisas) for “premeditated murder”. Qisas or retribution in kind, gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate under Islamic law. According to statistics compiled…
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).