Prisoners Saeid Nasiri and Masoud Sasani were executed in Karaj Central Penitentiary on 10 June on drug-related charges. The two prisoners, from Karaj, were arrested about three years ago and sentenced to death in a joint drug case.
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Death row prisoners Jafar Mohammadpour and Ghobad Farhadpour were executed on 9 June in Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-west Iran, on drug-related charges. On 8 June, the two prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement for execution, along with a woman prisoner, Parvin Mousavi. Mohammadpour and Farhadpour were executed on the morning of 9 June, while Mousavi’s execution was temporarily halted for unknown reasons. Mohammadpour, 41, a father…
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Parvin Mousavi, a woman prisoner sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison for execution today. Prison officials have informed the prisoner that her death sentence will be carried out at midnight tonight. Mousavi, a 53-year-old Azerbaijani Turkic civilian from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested about three years ago and sentenced to death on drug charges.
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Iran executed prisoners Ezzat-Ali Sabzi and Mohammad Kazemi for drug-related offences at Karaj Central Penitentiary on 30 May. Sabzi, 44, was a father of one from Harsin, Kermanshah Province. He was arrested about three years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. The authorities at Karaj Central Penitentiary presented Sabzi as one of the leaders of the recent anti-government protests and urged his execution. In 2012,…
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Iran executed Monireh Nourikia, a woman prisoner sentenced to death for “premeditated murder”, in Mashhad Central Prison on 28 May. Nourikia, 35, was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to death for “premeditated murder” under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind, which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate. Several men were also reportedly executed at the same time in Mashhad Central Prison, but no…
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Prisoners Saeid Najafi and Borzou Cheghazardi, sentenced to death for “premeditated murder”, were executed in Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison) on 17 May. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the two prisoners were executed without the knowledge of their families. Only after their executions did the prison authorities contact their families to inform them. Najafi, 28, from Sahneh, Kermanshah Province,…
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Iran executed death row prisoners Saeid Geravand, Samad Geravand and Shahab Mansouri-Nasab in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on 20 May. The three prisoners, who were sentenced to death about four years ago in a joint drug case, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 19 May. The night before the executions, the families of the three prisoners staged a sit-in protest outside the prison,…
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At least three prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges were transferred to solitary confinement in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj a few hours ago for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The families of the prisoners Saeid Geravand, Samad Geravand and Shahab Mansouri-Nasab gathered outside the prison, calling for people’s support to stop the executions. The three prisoners were arrested about four…
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Iran yesterday executed Firouz Yarinezhad and Ali Khorramshah in Khorramabad Central Prison for “drug-related” and “murder-related” offences respectively. Yarinezhad, 37, a father of two from Kuhdasht in Lorestan province, was arrested in 2021 on drug-related charges and sentenced to death. Khorramshah, 39, also from Kuhdasht, was arrested about four years ago. He was sentenced to death for “premeditated murder” under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind,…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
Executions
According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Khorramabad, Karaj, Hamadan, and Dezful.
While three prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, 10 were executed for drug-related offences.
These are the executions of which the KHRN has been informed by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In August, at least four kolbars were killed and 16 were injured in the country’s western border areas.
Of these, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards and one was killed after he was hit by a military vehicle of the border forces.
In addition, one kolbar was injured after being shot by Iraqi border forces in the Choman border of Baneh on 7 August.
Killings of civilians
On 17 August, a Kurdish soldier from Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, was shot dead at a military base in Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province.
Work accidents
Over the past month, at least six workers lost their lives in work accidents in Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Saqqez, Maku, Javanrud and Ilam.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout August, Iranian forces arrested at least 60 civilians, including activists, journalists, Kurdish Sunni clerics and two children.
Two of these civilians were detained to serve prison sentences in Ilam and Naqadeh.
Prison sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 10 people to prison terms ranging from six months to a total of 16 and a half years.
Half of these sentences were handed down by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.