Freedom Archives – Page 6 of 35 – KHRN

December 7, 2019

Report on Death of Kurdish Civilian During November Protests in Tehran

The Iranian security forces shot dead a Kurdish woman while she was watching the protests on the top of her apartment along with her neighbors. Mina Sheikhi, born in 1960 and a single mother of six children from Saqqez who was residing in Tehran, was shot dead by the Iranian security forces on the roof of her apartment in…

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December 6, 2019

Kurdish Labour Activist Arrested in Sanandaj

Labour activist Jalil Mohammadi, a member of the Coordination Committee for the Establishment of Workers’ Organizations, was arrested by security forces on 3 December, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Mohammadi was arrested at his workplace in Sanandaj and taken to an unknown location.  No information has been released concerning the whereabouts of the activist. Mohammadi has also been summoned and detained many times over the past few years…

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December 6, 2019

Kurdish Activist Arrested in Kurdistan

Rashid Naserzadeh, director of the “Shno 24” Telegram Channel and environmental activist, was arrested in his way back from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq between Piranshahr and Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) by the security forces on 3 December and taken to an unknown location, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Nasserzadeh had previously been summoned and interrogated by security agencies for his activities. The “Shno 24” Telegram Channel…

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December 6, 2019

100 Detainees Transferred to Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah

About 100 detainees have been transferred from the Kermanshah Security Detention Facility to Dizel Abad Prison during the past two days and about 100 other civilians are still held in the detention facilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Intelligence Service, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to reports from Kermanshah, protesters are being held in groups of 5-10 in…

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December 6, 2019

Detainee Released on Bail in Marivan

A civilian detainee was released on bail after being interrogated at a security detention centre in Marivan for 12 days, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). 24-year-old civilian Shirzad Adwai, a resident of Mariwan, was arrested on 19  November after being summoned to the Intelligence Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) of Sarvabad and transferred to one of the Marivan…

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December 4, 2019

Over 100 Activists Summoned to Intelligence Offices in Kurdistan

The Iranian intelligence offices have summoned more than 100 activists in the cities of Javanrud, Ravansar, Kermanshah, Kamyaran, Marivan, Saqqez and Sanandaj, local soruces told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). As per the sources, the activists, some of whom are former Kurdish political prisoners, were summoned by telephone and interrogated mainly in connection with recent protests in Iran. The security investigators have threatened these activists not…

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December 4, 2019

Kurdish Activist Summoned to Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau

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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December 4, 2019

Detained Students Tortured at Marivan Intelligence Service

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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December 4, 2019

Identity of More Protesters Killed in Kermanshah, Tehran Revealed

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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PUBLICATIONS

Monthly Report of October 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past year

On 10 October 2024, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has documented the execution of at…

Monthly Report of September 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of August 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of July 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of June 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of May 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of April 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s Annual Report

This report addresses the violations of the human rights of Kurdish civilians in Iran during the Iranian year 1402 (21 March 2023 – 19…

Monthly Report of March 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of February 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of October 2024

In 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 October to 31 October.

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 12 prisoners in October.

While six of these men were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, six others were executed for drug-related charges.

*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.

Civilian killings

On 4 October, Kurdish tradesman Yousef Dashti was killed after anti-smuggling police officers opened fire on his vehicle during a pursuit on the road between Bukan and Mahabad in West Azerbaijan Province.

The police, suspecting that Dashti, 38, was carrying contraband, fired dozens of shots at the car and hit him with a bullet, causing the car to overturn and killing the tradesman.

Kolbars and tradesmen

In October, Iranian border guards killed at least four kolbars and injured two others in Nowsud, Piranshahr, Sardasht, and Baneh.

Detentions and arrests

Over the past month, Iranian forces have arrested at least 15 civilians and activists.

At least two of the detained civilians were sent to Saqqez and Qorveh prisons to serve their sentences.

Sentences

In October, Iranian courts sentenced at least nine people to punishments ranging from three months to three years in prison.

  • Executions
  • Civilian killings
  • Kolbars and tradesmen
  • Detentions and arrests
  • Sentences
NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1 Nima Moradi IlamPremeditated murder1 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
2 Nasrollah Mennati IlamPremeditated murder1 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
3 Fazlollah PournasiriKuhdasht Drugs2 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
4Mowloud KhaledianQorvehPremeditated murder2 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in KarajArrested about four years ago
5 Ashkan Yari Kermanshah Drugs5 Oct Hamadan Central prison
6 Sattar Khosravi Harsin Drugs9 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
7Borhan AnsariOrumiyeh Drugs10 Oct Orumiyeh Central Prison
8 Asaad FarhangSaqqezPremeditated murder10 Oct Orumiyeh Central PrisonFather of 3 children, arrested 9 years ago
9 Nasser MohammadiOrumiyehPremeditated murder15 Oct Orumiyeh Central Prison
10Mehdi CheraghiQorvehPremeditated murder21 OctQorveh PrisonArrested 7 years ago
11Morovvat-Ali Karami Kermanshah Drugs29 Oct Karaj Central PenitentiaryArrested 4 years ago
12Vahed Binami Piranshahr Drugs30 OctNaqadeh Prison
NameFromDateLocationOrganisationExplanation
1Yousef DashtiBukanBukan4 OctAnti-smuggling policePolice fired dozens of shots at his car and hit him with a bullet, causing the car to overturn
NameFromIncident locationIncident dateDead/InjuredExplanation
1 Taregh Nazari Salas-e BabajaniNowsud2 OctKilledShot by border guards
2 Hossein Kamalian Piranshahr Piranshahr7 OctKilled Beaten and shot by border guards
3 Fardin Qalash Piranshahr Piranshahr7 OctInjuredShot by border guards
4 Siamand Hassanpour Sardasht Sardasht10 OctKilled Fell from height during the pursuit of border guards, died after several days in Orumiyeh hospital due to the severity of his injuries
5 Rizgar HassaniSaqqez Baneh15 OctInjuredShot by border guards
6 Ebrahim Ahmadnezhad Mahabad Sardasht25 OctKilledShot by border guards
NameFromDetention locationDetention dateActivity Location held and latest status
1 Khabat Iran-DoustBukanBukan2 OctCivilian
2 Ghaleb Hosseini Sanandaj SanandajEarly Oct Labour activistReleased on bail of 5 billion rials on 28 October
3 Goran Khoda-Moradi Sanandaj Sanandaj7 OctCivilian
4 Osman HabibollahiOshnaviehOshnavieh8 OctCivilian
5 Akam Mihan-KhahOshnaviehOshnavieh8 OctCivilian
6 Hamid ChapatiOrumiyehOrumiyeh16 Oct Civil rights activistReleased on bail few hours after being formally charged
7 Edris FathiSaqqezSaqqez16 OctCivilian
8 Abdollah SharifzadehSaqqezSaqqez20 OctMember of mountaineering groupTaken to Saqqez Prison to serve 10 months imprisonment
9Payam Fathi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 OctLabour activistSummoned by Ministry of Intelligence, released after a few hours of interrogation
10 Jamal Asadi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 Oct Environmental activistSummoned by Ministry of Intelligence, released after a few hours of interrogation
11 Haroun Salimi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 OctCivilian
12 Milad NasseriBukanBukan23 OctCivilian
13 Akam AminiBukanBukan24 OctCivilianArrested after being summoned to Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan
14 Pishko (Ali) Rouhi Marivan Marivan26 Oct Environmental activist, member of Chia the Green Organisation
15 Azad AbbasiDehgolanDehgolan31 Oct Director of Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, Kurdish language teacherTaken to Qorveh prison to serve 2 years of imprisonment
NameFromCharged withDate sentenced Issuing courtSentenceExplanation
1Zhina Modares Gorji Sanandaj Propaganda against the state, forming an illegal group with the aim of overthrowing the regime2 Oct Branch 4 of the Court of Appeal of Kurdistan Province 2 years and 4 months imprisonmentAccording to the law on consolidation of sentences, 16 months of imprisonment is enforceable. Previously sentenced to 21 years in prison and exile to Hamadan prison
2 Edris KarsazOshnavieh Membership and collaboration with one of the opposition Kurdish parties Early Oct Islamic Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh3 years imprisonment
3 Susan HassanzadehBukan Propaganda against the state, membership of opposition groups8 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 3 months imprisonment
4Manizheh KhoshnoudBukan Propaganda against the state12 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 2 10 months imprisonment 56 years old, was denied access to a lawyer and family visits during detention
5Pakhshan Azizi Mahabad Disobedience to government officials19 Oct Criminal Court of the 2nd Judiciary Complex of Quds, Tehran 6 months imprisonment
6Verisheh Moradi Sanandaj Disobedience to government officials19 Oct Criminal Court of the 2nd Judiciary Complex of Quds, Tehran 6 months imprisonment
7 Mostafa HamdiSaqqez Disturbing public order by participating in illegal gatherings19 OctBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 2 10 months imprisonment and 70 lashes Media activist and admin of Porseman Saqqez Telegram group
8 Adel Pirouzi Marivan Propaganda against the state in favor of one of the opposition Kurdish parties Late Oct Sanandaj Court of Appeal 1 year imprisonment
9 Solmaz HassanzadehBukan Propaganda against the state29 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 2 1 year imprisonmentMember of justice-seeking family