Prisoner Farzad Gol-Mohammadi, 32, was executed today in Sanandaj Central Prison on charges of “premeditated murder.” Gol-Mohammadi was moved to solitary confinement for execution on 18 December. He had previously been transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 9 December, but for unknown reasons the execution was temporarily halted and he was returned to the ward two days later. Gol-Mohammadi, from the village of Palangan in Kamyaran,…
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Prisoner Obaid Mahmoudi was executed for murder-related charges in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, on 13 December. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for execution in recent days. Mahmoudi, a father of one child from the village of Quri Qaleh in Ravansar, Kermanshah Province, was arrested and sentenced to death in October 2021 on charges of “premeditated murder” of a woman.
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Prisoners Amin Zakeri Kakavand, Khalil Haji-Abadi and Hamid Esmaeili, sentenced to death on drug-related charges, were executed in Karaj Central Penitentiary on 12 December. The three prisoners, along with two prisoners whose identities remain unknown, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 11 December. Zakeri Kakavand was from Harsin in Kermanshah Province, Haji-Abadi was from Kangavar in Kermanshah Province, and Esmaeili was from Kuhdasht in…
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Prisoner Davoud Khademi was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on 12 December, convicted of “premeditated murder”. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 11 December. Khademi, who was a 30-year-old father of two children from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested about four years ago on charges of “premeditated murder” and subsequently sentenced to death.
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The authorities have today executed Ali Shahinnezhad, Sawlat Tousan and Janali Nadimi in Orumiyeh Central Prison on drug trafficking charges. The three prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement yesterday for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Shahinnezhad was 39 years old from the village of Pesan in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, Tousan was 40 years old from the village of Qeshlaq-e Tarazlu in…
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Prisoners Mojtaba Amiri, Manouchehr Barzgar, Sirous Heidari, Khaled Rouhi and Kamal Elhami have been executed over the past two days in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Sanandaj and Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Amiri and Barzgar were executed on 5 December on charges of “drug trafficking” after being transferred to solitary confinement for execution with two other prisoners in Karaj Central Prison the day before. The identities and fate…
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Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after spending 14 years in prison on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz). The executions of two of their co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi on 5 and 29 November, respectively, have sparked concerns about the…
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At the same time as the execution of Shahram Mohammad-Beygi in Ilam Central Prison on 28 November, two other prisoners, Ali-Agha Mohammadi and Nasser Maghsoudi, were also executed in the same facility, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Both had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder”. On 28 November, the KHRN reported that Mohammad-Beygi had been executed in Ilam Cental…
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Kurdish prisoner of conscience Ayoub Karimi was executed today after 14 years in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. On 21 November, Karimi was transferred to solitary confinement for execution. Karimi, along with six others – Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi and Ghassem Abasteh – had been sentenced to death on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz). Abasteh,…
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.