Border forces have opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border areas of Nowsud, Iran’s western Kermanshah province, injuring two kolbars on 30 May. The wounded kolbars are Omar Yaghoubi, from the village of Kalash-e Baghan in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, and Jalal Morovvati, from the village of Kalash in Javanrud. Yaghoubi was also wounded in a shooting by border guards last winter.
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Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have opened fire on a group of tradesmen from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on the highlands of the Qandil Mountains, between Iran and the Kurdistan Region, on 28 May, killing a 30-year-old man named Kaywan Abdullah. An eyewitness that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said the IRGC forces targeted the group at 18:30…
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Iran’s Border Guard Command forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province, killing a kolbar named Ako Rasouli on 28 May. The body of the 25-year-old kolbar was taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh and has not yet been returned to his family. Eyewitnesses said that the kolbar was shot at close range without prior notice.
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Iranian border guards have targeted a group of kolbars in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah province, killing a kolbar named Safar Sobhani and injuring several others on 30 April. Reportedly, the forces shot the kolbars at a close range and without prior warning. Sobhani was the father of two children and came from the Durisan village of Paveh, Kermanshah province. Although several other kolbars were injured…
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Border Guard Command forces have wounded five more kolbars in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah province, western Iran, on 28 April. Forces in Mileh border area in Nowsud opened fire on a group of kolbars, injuring two kolbars named Namdar Hosseini and Amin Veisi. Separately, another kolbar named Habib Mohammadi was also shot and injured by border forces. Later during the day, border forces also ambushed…
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At least nine kolbars have been injured in the past several days in the border areas of Nowsud in Kermanshah province, western Iran. The kolbars were either shot by forces of the Border Guard Command or fell from border heights as a result of being chased by border forces. On 21 April, border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars with shotguns, as a result…
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At the same time as the intensification of the Iranian military forces targeting kolbars in the country’s western border areas, the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, have threatened admins of Telegram news channels over publishing information on the shootings. In the past week, Iran’s Border Guard Command forces…
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A Kurdish kolbar named Arash Nouri who was shot by Iranian border forces has lost his life yesterday in a hospital in Kermanshah, western Iran, due to the severity of his wounds. Forces of the Border Guard Command had severely injured the 30-year-old kolbar on the same day in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah province. He lost his life several hours after being hospitalised in…
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A kolbar named Arash Nouri has been shot and severely wounded today by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah province. The health condition of the 30-year-old Kolbers was reported to be critical. The past week has been a bloody period for Kurdish kolbars in the country’s western border areas. During this period, border guards wounded at least 16 kolbars. Also yesterday, a kolbar…
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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 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 based on a review of news and reports provided by the KHRN and a review of reports from other human rights organisations and news agencies.
Executions
According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed at least nine prisoners on drug-related charges in the prisons of Hamadan, Rasht, Khorramabad, Karaj and Khoy during the month of October.
These are the executions the KHRN has been informed of by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Civilian killings
On 28 October, Iranian state news agencies reported that a 16-year-old girl, Armita Geravand, had died after spending 28 days in a coma in the intensive care unit of Tehran’s Fajr Hospital.
Geravand was transferred to a military hospital on 1 October, and numerous news reports stated that she had been physically assaulted by government agents on the Shohada line of the Tehran metro because of her hijab.
According to various reports, Geravand had “no vital signs” from the moment she was admitted to the hospital and remained in a coma throughout her stay.
The British newspaper The Guardian reported on 5 October, citing two eyewitnesses, that Geravand had been subjected to a “physical assault” by a female morality police officer in a metro carriage. According to one witness, the morality police officer ‘violently pushed her’ after an argument.
Additionally, Iranian security forces arrested at least 15 activists and civilians, including Mohammad Geravand, a relative of Armita Geravand, during the teenager’s funeral at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on 29 October.
Femicide
At least four women have been killed by their male family members in Sardasht, Piranshahr, Bukan and Orumiyeh in the past month.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In October, at least three kolbars were shot dead and 13 others injured by Iranian border guards in the western border areas of the country.
Landmine explosions
On 17 October, Peshawa Aliyar, a civilian from Baneh, was killed by a landmine explosion in Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Work-related accidents
On 20 October, Martin Hossein-Panahi, a 16-year-old child labourer, was killed in a factory accident in Sanandaj.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout October, Iranian forces arrested at least 29 activists and civilians, at least two of whom were imprisoned.
Prison sentences
Last month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 11 people to prison terms ranging from four months to 10 years.
Also, civilian Gholamreza Rasaei and Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari were sentenced to death.
Askari, who was previously sentenced to death in absentia by the Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of “armed insurrection” through membership of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), was sentenced to death again following a retrial request and several in-person court sessions at the same branch.