Kurdish civilians Kamal Ehsan-Bakhsh and Najieh Jafari were seriously injured in a landmine explosion in the Meymak border area of Ilam Province. The incident occurred on 16 January while the couple were grazing their livestock in the border area. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Ehsan-Bakhsh’s left leg was amputated, while his wife, Jafari, suffered injuries to her eye and abdomen. The couple were…
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A Kurdish man, Hadi Ghoncheh-Doust, from Zali village in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, died today from severe injuries caused by the explosion of military ordnance left over from the Iran-Iraq war. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the explosion took place while Ghoncheh-Doust was handling the ordnance and that he died from the severity of his injuries after being taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi…
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A landmine explosion has killed one man and injured two others while they were collecting spring herbs in the Kileh Shin heights of Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Esmail Azouzameh, 37, a father of three, died at the scene and his companions, brothers Seyyed Hadi Mousavi, 26, and Seyyed Hemin Mousavi, 27, were injured in the explosion. The incident…
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Kurdish civilian Akhtar Khanom Moradi died on 21 April as a result of injuries sustained from the detonation of unexploded ordnance from the Iran-Iraq war in the village of Gur-e Sefid in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradi was injured on 20 April while collecting scrap iron and died the following day at Al-Zahra Hospital in Gilan-e…
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A landmine explosion in the Nowsud border area of Kermanshah Province injured two kolbars, Mohammad Mirani and Aboubakr Rostamian, in the early hours of 7 March. Additionally, Ata Hosseini, a 32-year-old kolbar from Paveh, Kermanshah Province, was wounded in the chest by Iranian border guards’ gunfire, while Afshin Nazari, from Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah Province, was injured in the face after being detained and beaten by…
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Aziz Morad Shams, a worker who was injured in the explosion of the remnants of the Iran-Iraq war in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province, on 8 May, died today in Kermanshah’s Taleghani Hospital due to the severity of his injuries. Shams, 43, who worked as a guard at the Changaran Dam in the Ezgeleh district of Salas-e Babajani, was severely injured in the stomach and face…
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A landmine explosion severely injured an employee of Iran’s demining department in the border areas of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah province, on 10 April. The civilian, whose identity is not known yet, suffered severe injuries on his hands and face. He was transferred to a medical centre in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in Iran’s border areas, especially in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah,…
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Civilian Abdol-Hossein Ghadimi died as a result of a landmine explosion in the Mimak border area of Ilam, western Iran, on 20 February. The 60-year-old civilian, who comes from the village of Kolkol-e Asemanabad in Ilam province, was engaged in animal husbandry.
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A landmine blast in Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan province, severely injured a kolbar identified as Mahmoud Osmani Jang-e Sar on 18 August. The kolbar who comes from the Jang-e Sar village of Salmas, West Azerbaijan province, has lost one of his legs and his both eyes. Osmani’s family is not able to transfer him to medical centres in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, due…
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 February to 28 February.
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
Iran executed at least eight prisoners in February, five being on charges of “premeditated murder”, two on drug-related charges and one for rape, according to KHRN’s findings.
While seven of the executions took place in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, and Mahabad Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, one prisoner was publicly executed in Esfarayen, North Khorasan 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
In February, a Kurdish woman was reported to have been the victim of femicide. On 17 February, Seyyedeh Donya Hosseini, a 23-year-old woman, was stabbed to death by her father in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province.
Kolbars
In this period, at least one man was killed while working as a kolbar in the border areas. Amin Hosseini, a 47-year-old kolbar from Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, died after being caught in an avalanche in the border region of Marivan, Kurdistan Province, on 9 February.
Detentions and arrests
In February, Iranian forces arrested at least 30 people, at least five of whom were sent to prison to serve sentences ranging from three to six months.
Sentences
During this period, Iranian courts sentenced at least four people to prison sentences ranging from three to 24 months.