Iranian border guards opened fire at close range on a group of kolbars without warning in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 2 February, wounding kolbar Kouhsar Rostamnezhad. Kouhsar Rostamnezhad, from the village of Shamshir in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, was seriously wounded in the head and taken to Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, where doctors recommended further treatment at a medical centre…
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Mardin Amini, a 14-year-old child kolbar from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was injured by gunfire from Iranian border guards in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 30 January. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Amini was shot in the leg when a group of kolbars in Hangeh-ye Zhal came under close fire from Iranian border guards without warning. The…
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Jabbar Veysi, a 30-year-old kolbar who was injured by gunfire from Iranian border guards in the Nowsud border area in Kermanshah Province on 29 January, died on 31 January at Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah due to the severity of his injuries. Veysi, from the village of Jujar in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah Province, was shot at close range and suffered severe head injuries from multiple pellet…
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Two kolbars were seriously injured and hospitalised by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, and Hangeh-ye Zhal, Baneh, Kurdistan Province, in the past two days. Jabbar Veysi, from the village of Jujar in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah Province, was targeted with shotgun pellets in Nowsud on the night of 29 January. Veysi, who was shot at close range and suffered serious head…
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Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Bastam border area of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, killing kolbar Mansour Mohammadnezhad, a 45-year-old resident of Jonian village in Saqqez. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border forces targeted kolbars at close range near the Bastam River without warning, and that Mohammadnezhad died on the spot after being hit by…
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Jawhar Faraji, a 28-year-old Kolbar from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was seriously injured by Iranian border guards’ shotgun fire at the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, two weeks ago, has lost his left leg to amputation. On 13 January, border guards shot Faraji at close range with shotguns, and he was rushed to a medical facility in Tehran for treatment after being…
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Iraqi border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of Shushmi in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, on 22 January, killing kolbar Houshyar Mahmoudi and wounding another whose identity remains unknown. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Iraqi border guards initiated the gunfire without any prior warning, targeting the kolbars at close range. Mahmoudi, a father of three from…
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Iranian border guards fired at close range and without warning at a group of kolbars in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 20 January, killing kolbar Sadegh Mirzaei and wounding two others. The body of the 39-year-old Mirzaei, from Javanrud in Kermanshah Province, was taken to a medical centre in Nowsud, and the identities of the two wounded kolbars remain unknown. Additionally, a video…
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Iranian border guards opened fire with shotguns on a group of kolbars in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 11 January, wounding at least three men identified as Hadi Mansouri, Parsa Zolfaghari and Borhan Rahimi. The three kolbars, from Ravansar in Kermanshah Province, were injured in their legs, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. According to the annual report published by the…
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).