Ahwan Dashti, a 28-year-old kolbar from the Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was killed by gunfire from Iranian border forces in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh this morning. Border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area without prior warning and at close range, killing Dashti, who comes from the village of Miradeh in Baneh, was killed. In the past…
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Habib Rezaei, a 52-year-old kolbar who was seriously injured by gunfire from Iranian border guards in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, is currently in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Rezaei, from Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, was critically injured on 26 November after a bullet fired by border guards at close range and without warning…
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Iranian border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of the city of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 26 November, killing 28-year-old Yavar Veysi. The kolbar was initially injured by the border guards’ gunfire without warning and at close range, but died from the severity of his injuries after being taken to Nowsud hospital. Veysi was a 28-year-old father of two from…
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Iranian border guards fatally shot Farough Alizadeh, a 17-year-old kolbar from Rabat, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province. The incident took place on the morning of 26 November in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal area were fired upon without warning by border guards in close…
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Asaad Hasanpour, a 25-year-old kolbar from from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was wounded by Iranian border guards in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on the night of 21 November, died in hospital today due to the severity of his injuries. Hasanpour, who was shot in the stomach at close range and without prior warning, died at the Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in…
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Kolbar Ghasim Karimi lost his life last night after a fall from the mountainous border areas of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karimi fell during a storm in the border areas of Orumiyeh, resulting in the loss of his life. Karimi, 23, was a father of two from the village of Firouzian in the Sumay-ye Bradost district of…
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Iranian border guards have shot and wounded seven kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, in recent days. The identities of the injured kolbars are Diako Ramazani, Kianoush Pashaei, Zanyar Rahzadeh, Simko Ravazi, Salah Karimi, Azad Nouri, and Hamidreza Hafezi. Three kolbars from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province – Ramazani, 25, Pashaei, 21, and Rahzadeh, 22—as well as Ravazi, 37, from Mahabad, in West…
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Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 15 November, killing kolbar Jalal Heidarian. Heidarian was a 28-year-old civilian from the village of Qachian in Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province. Similarly, on 14 November, another group of kolbars were targeted by border guards’ gunfire in the same region, killing Yadegar Rahimi and injuring another kolbar.
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Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 14 November, killing kolbar Yadegar Rahimi and injuring another. Additionally, four kolbars, including two children, were injured by border guards in an earlier incident on the same day in the same border area. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards…
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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 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 18 prisoners in Karaj, Orumiyeh, Kermanshah, Ardabil and Ilam during the month of November.
While seven prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder” and nine for “drug trafficking”, prisoners of conscience Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi were executed on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) after 14 years in prison.
Additionally, one of these prisoners was Nazir Mohammad, an Afghan national, who was executed on drug-related charges in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
*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
At least five women have been killed by their male family members in Gilabgharb and the village of Qazanchi in Kermanshah in the past month.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In November, at least three kolbars, including a 17-year-old child, were shot dead by Iranian border guards, one kolbar died as a result of a fall from the border heights and another died of frostbite in the western border areas of the country.
A total of 102 kolbars were injured during this period. Of these, 98 were shot by border guards, two fell from border heights, one was injured in a landmine explosion and one was beaten.
Among the injured kolbars shot by border guards were one 14-year-old, two 16-year-olds, six 17-year-olds, two 18-year-olds and three 19-year-olds.
Work-related accidents
On 7 November, at least one worker was killed in a work-related accident in the village of Sorkheh Dezaj in Sanandaj.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout November, Iranian forces arrested at least 31 civilians, including five children, eight activists, a rapper and an imam.
At least five of the detained civilians were sent to prisons in Tehran, Ilam, Saqqez and Sanandaj.
Prison sentences
Last month, Iranian courts sentenced at least four people from Sanandaj to prison terms ranging from one year suspended imprisonment to five years in prison.