Kurdish civil rights activist Anwar Hossein Panahi was summoned to Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau where he was questioned for two hours on 2 December, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Hossein Panahi was summoned to the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency while he is based in Tehran. Panahi was arrested in 2007 by the Iranian security forces and held for six months at the Qorveh Intelligence Office. He was…
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The Iranian security forces have put detained students under severe physical and psychological torture in solitary confinement, confirmed a civilian recently released from the custody. Local Sources in Marivan reported continuing detention and torture of civilians at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Marivan. “Security forces raided Shariati Mariwan High School in the past days and arrested two students,” a source told KHRN. The security forces had refused to…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) was able to identify three other civilians killed in the recent protests in the Dolatabad neighborhood of Kermanshah as Younes Jalili, Saeed Rezai and Mozafar Vatan Dost. These civilians were killed during a protest rally in Kermanshah on 16 and 17 November by direct firing of the Iranian security forces. The families of these civilians paid the government about 50…
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More than 300 civilians have been arrested by security forces since mass protests shook Iran in opposition of skyrocketing petrol prices of which 50 of them have been released on bail of 30- 60 million Tomans in recent days, local sources in Sanandaj told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to civilians who were recently released, the detained protesters are being held in the detention…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained identity of a nother protester killed during the days of mass protests in Kermanshah. The 25-year-old young man from Kermanshah, Mohsen Karaminia, who shot dead by the Iranian security forces whose family has been threatened not to do any interviews with the media about how the victim was killed. The KHRN recently released the identity of 7 Kurdish…
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Mojgan Kavoosi, Kurdish writer and cultural activist of Kelardasht, was arrested on 18 November by the Intelligence unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at her home in Noshahr of Mazandaran Province, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Kavoosi has been arrested for writing about mass protests in the recent Iranian and Kurdish cities against skyrocketing petrol prices in the country. Kavoosi…
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No News on Fate of Dozens of Injured Protesters in Kurdistan Concerns over the fate of protesters who were injured during recent rallies by direct firing of the Iranian security forces in Javanrud, Sanandaj and Marivan have increased as some local activists are suggesting that the rumors about the death of injured protesters could be true, various sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to reports from the sources, there is…
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Over 200 Detainees Transferred to Sanandaj, Kermanshah Prisons Over 200 detainees from the cities Javanrud, Sare pol Zahab, Kermanshah, Marivan and Saqqez have been transferred than to the central prisons of Sanandaj and Dizelabad in Kermanshah, various sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). As per the sources, Dizelabad, Kermanshah and Sanandaj prisons already lacking sufficient facilities, and the transfer of detainees arrested during recent protests…
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A Kurdish civilian from Marivan and a vet graduated from Orumiyeh University was killed by security forces during a mass protest in Kermanshah. Borhan Mansournia was in Kermanshah on his military service after obtaining his degree. “On 16 November, Borhan Mansournia was shot in the back. The bullet came out from his stomach and he was seriously injured for which he underwent surgery and lost his…
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).