Authorities at Qazvin Central Prison today executed Felit Abedi, a 55-year-old man from the village of Berasb in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, for drug trafficking. Abedi was arrested on drug-related charges in Qazvin about three years ago and subsequently sentenced to death.
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Authorities at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, transferred death row prisoner Ahmad Moradi to solitary confinement on 9 January in preparation for his execution. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradi’s family has been notified by the prison authorities of his execution, which is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Moradi, a 33-year-old resident of Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, was arrested on drug…
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Kurdish political prisoners Pezhman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi and Vafa Azarbar are at imminent risk of execution after the Supreme Court approved their death sentences. These members of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan were sentenced to death about two months ago in an unfair trial in Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) and…
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Iran has executed three prisoners on drug trafficking charges in the last two days at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. Prisoners Mohammad Hossein Geravand and Kioumars Gholami were executed on 8 January and Mohammad Ali Mirzaei was executed today. Geravand and Gholami were transferred to solitary cells for execution on 7 January while Mirzaei was moved to solitary confinement on 8 January along with…
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The bodies of prisoners Nasim Namazi, an Azerbaijani-Turkic woman from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, and three Kurdish men, Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari Berdiani, and Rahman Parhazou, have still not been returned to their families a week after they were executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison. These individuals, convicted of “involvement in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel”, were transferred to solitary confinement on 27 December and…
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The execution order for Reza Rasaei, a Kurdish political prisoner arrested during the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom, was sent to the Enforcement of Judgements Office of the Criminal Court of Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, on 31 December, for implementation. On 7 October 2023, Branch Two of the Criminal Court in Kermanshah, presided over by Judge Mohammad Rasoul Haghnejati and consultant Amin Mohammadi, sentenced Rasaei,…
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Kurdish prisoner of conscience Davoud Abdollahi was executed today after 14 years in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. He went on hunger strike after being transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 26 December and was executed on the seventh day of his hunger strike, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Abdollahi had been sentenced to death along with six others –…
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The authorities executed prisoners Khodakaram Lorestani and Hossein Mousavand in Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, on charges related to drug trafficking on 23 December. The prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 22 December. Lorestani, 50, and Mousavand, 43, both from Borujerd in Lorestan Province, were separately arrested in different cases over the past few years.
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Iranian authorities have scheduled the execution of at least two prisoners convicted on drug-related charges, with one identified as Karam Lorestani, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The individuals were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 21 December at Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province. On the same day, prison officials informed the families of the two prisoners that the death sentences would…
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 April to 30 April.
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 six prisoners in April, four on drug-related charges and two for “premeditated murder”.
The executions took place in prisons in Orumiyeh, Hamadan, Kerman, Karaj, Saqqez, and Ardabil.
*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.
Landmine explosions
In the past month, landmine explosions killed a civilian in Gilan-e Gharb and injured another in Saqqez.
Kolbars and tradesmen
During this period, at least four kolbars were shot dead by Iranian border guards and 22 kolbars were injured.
Of the injured, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards, two fell from heights at the border, one was beaten and one was injured during the pursuit of the border guards.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout April, Iranian forces arrested at least 45 civilians, including eight activists, a journalist, and a former political prisoner.
At least 13 of the detained civilians were sent to prisons in Oshnavieh and Naqadeh to serve prison sentences.
Sentences
In the past month, Iranian courts have sentenced at least 10 people to punishments ranging from three months to 10 years in prison.
Among those sentenced was Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was sentenced to five years of exile imprisonment in Babak, Kerman Province, by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran after one year and seven months of detention.