Iranian police shot dead civilian Azad Rezaei after chasing him near Niayesh Square in Kermanshah on 27 March. The Kurdish man was shot directly in the head after being chased by the police for not having his car papers. The civilian’s body was taken to the forensic medicine department, but the medical examiner has not yet returned it to the family for unknown reasons. Rezaei, 25, came…
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Iran’s judiciary has been refraining from prosecuting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for killing Behzad Azizi, a 19-year-old Kurdish civilian in Baneh, Kurdistan province. On 22 March, IRGC forces killed Azizi at the Karimabad checkpoint at the entrance of Baneh. Although the young man’s family filed a complaint against the IRGC, the court has taken no action against the IRGC forces and the judicial authorities…
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Civilian Daria Mikaeili, who was shot by Iranian police in the Koshtargah neighbourhood of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, died of his injuries at Khomeini Hospital in the city on 8 February. “On 1 February, the car belonging to Daria Mikaeili, a civilian from Salmas and resident of Orumiyeh’s Koshtargah neighbourhood, was pursued by the police on the pretext of transporting contraband goods. The police shot…
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According to Iran Human Rights, a total of 481 people have been killed so far during the Mahsa (Jina) Amini protests across Iran, including in Iran’s Kurdish region. KHRN data of confirmed deaths of Kurdish people shows that 121 Kurds have been killed by Iranian security forces during the protests. KHRN has verified this information via multiple sources. At least two sources have confirmed the deaths…
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Iranian forces shot dead 40-year-old Kurdish civilian Frashad Ibrahimi after they opened fire on his vehicle at a checkpoint around the village of Sarqala near the town of Kamyaran, on the Kamyaran-Kermanshah road, on 24 December. His body was handed back to his family on 26 December following examination by a forensic doctor in Kermanshah, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) was told. A photo seen by…
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Mahsa (Zhina) Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran. She passed away at the intensive care unit of Kasra Hospital in Tehran. She was arrested on 13 September for having worn the hijab “inappropriately” and was beaten by the morality police on the way to a detention facility. Her family members and civilians gathered outside the…
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Turkish army shot and killed an Iranian Kurdish civilian identified as Asgar Darvishzadeh in the border areas of Khoy, Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, on 13 September. “Asgar Darvishzadeh, who was guiding a group of Afghan civilians who were going to Turkey, was shot and killed by snipers of the Turkish army near the village of Karkush [in Khoy] and on Iranian soil”, said a source…
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Iranian police opened fire on a civilian vehicle near Khorramabad in Lorestan province, on 31 July, killing two children identified as Mehdi Rashedimanesh and Matin Rashedimanesh. The car belonging to a civilian named Rahman Rashedimanesh from the city of Marivan in the Kurdistan province was shot at for allegedly “carrying contraband goods”. A relative of the family spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and…
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Iran’s anti-smuggling forces killed a young Kurdish man from Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, named Sina Zafari on 29 July. The anti-smuggling forces opened fıre on Zafari’s car on a road near Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, on the suspicion that he was carrying contraband goods. Zafari, 20, was hit by several bullets and was killed on the spot. In the past few years, dozens of Kurdish civilians have been shot…
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).