A civilian from the Kuran village of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, named Maryam Azizvand, who was injured in a landmine explosion in the past few days, has been taken to a hospital in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, due to the severity of her injuries. Azizvand’s child Ronahi Khodaei was also injured during the explosion. On 12 July, the 10-year-old Khodaei found a landmine while playing near…
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A landmine explosion has severely injured a Kurdish young man named Belal Didehvar while he was returning from Sheikh Salleh border market in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province, on 27 June. The civilian was severely injured in the left ankle. He was taken to one of the medical centres in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in the border areas, especially in the provinces of…
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Explosions of landmines in Iran’s northwestern border areas have injured four young kolbars in the late hours of 21 February. Kolbars Kianoush Raufi, 24, Foad Bitoushi, and Amanj (last name unknown) were injured on their way to the border areas of Hangeh-ye Zhal in Baneh, Kurdistan province. The three kolbars were taken to one of the surrounding villages with the help of a group of kolbars…
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Landmine explosions in Iran’s western Ilam province and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq killed a child and a 39-year-old man on 26 December. “A 10-year-old nomadic child was grazing livestock in the border area near Abu Ghoveyr village in the city of Dehloran. After the animals stepped on the landmine, the shrapnel from the explosion hit the child in the chest”, said the city police chief…
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A young kolbar named Arvin Showkati has been injured today in a landmine explosion in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province. The 18-year-old kolbar has been taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh for treatment. Showkati is a resident of Saqqez in Kurdistan province.
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Iranian border guards shot and injured two Kurdish civilians in the border areas of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 29 October. Separately, the explosion of a landmine in the region on 28 October caused injury to another civilian. Iranian border forces shot a shepherd named Azad in the leg and his wife Shler in the arm while grazing livestock close to a military outpost near the…
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Two Kurdish civilians have been injured in recent days in separate landmine explosions in Bisotun, Kermanshah province, and the village of Jandaran in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province. Reportedly, a shepherd was injured in the right leg this morning due to a landmine explosion in an abandoned military base in the Jandaran village of Khalifan district, Mahabad. In an interview with Haje news agency, Khalifan district governor…
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The explosion of a landmine left over from the Iran-Iraq war in a military base in the Nowsud border area in Kermanshah province has injured Rasoul Rahmani, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on 14 October. The IRGC member was severely injured in the left leg. He was transferred to a medical centre in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in the…
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An unexploded bomb from the Iran-Iraq war went off yesterday, killing two Kurdish civilians in Saqqez, Kurdistan province. Maghsoud Najafi and Rashid Ahmadzadeh lost their lives in the blast while grazing livestock near Bastam village of Saqqez, sources said. Reportedly, the two civilians rented a pasture in Bastam village some time ago and were engaged in animal husbandry in the area. Najafi was a resident of Marjanabad…
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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 December to 31 December.
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 15 prisoners in December, seven on drug-related charges and eight for “premeditated murder”, according to KHRN’s findings.
The executions took place in Ilam Central Prison, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Mahabad Prison, Jiroft Prison, Miandoab Prison, Orumiyeh Central Prison and Yazd Central Prison.
Two of those executed were women and one was a 70-year-old man.
*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.
Kolbars
In December, at least one kolbar was shot dead and another was injured by Iranian border guards.
Another kolbar lost his life due to frostbite in Baneh in late December.
Civilian killings
In mid-December, at least two Kurdish civilians were killed by the Law Enforcement Forces in Javanrud and Tehran.
Detentions and arrests
Over the past month, Iranian forces arrested at least 62 individuals, including three children.
At least three of the detained civilians were sent to Oshnavieh and Naqadeh prisons to serve prison sentences.
Sentences
During this period, Iranian courts sentenced at least eight people to punishments ranging from one month in prison to five years and 15 days of imprisonment.