A soldier lost his life on Sunday due to mine blast in one of the army barracks in Qasr-e Shirin city of Kermanshah province. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Sunday, Apr 8, 2018, a militant soldier called Ali Mahmoodi from the village of Darkeh, who only had to serve two more months to complete his obligatory military service, died during…
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A landmine explosion in Chardavol of Ilam and Ammunition explosion in Saqez left two citizens killed and three wounded. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Wednesday, March 23, a resident of Saghez called Mansour Moradi (35 years old) has been injured in the village of Ishaq Abad as a result of a mine explosion. In the mine blast in the Saif border…
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Landmine explosion in one of the Mehran border areas left a Clearance Officer wounded during mine clearance. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that this morning, on December 14, a Land Mine Clearance Officer called Yazdan Nazari, sustained injury on his left leg by a mine blast during a mine explosion in Qalawizan region of Mehran. Earlier, on Monday, December 4, a passenger vehicle…
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On Tuesday, December 12, two members of the IRGC were killed and wounded by the Land Mine blast in the Bemo area of the Ezgeleh at Salas Babajani. Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN) – the Kermanshah news agency, two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpse of Hamedan province hit a mine left over from the Iran-Iraq war while hich engaged in the construction of…
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A passenger vehicle exploded after colliding with an anti-tank mine left over from the Iran-Iraq war. This incident happened in the public area of Mehran on Monday, December 4 and left three people dead. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the three victims were members of a family identified as: Roghaie Tarai, 50 years old Shah Zainab Taraj, 55 years old And the son of Shah Zainab…
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On Monday, November 13, a land mine explosion at one of the Baneh border areas left a soldier dead and a border guard officer mutilated. According to reports received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), during the explosion which occurred near the Mishaw checkpoint, a soldier known as Abbas Kazemi from Khoramdreh died and a border guard officer called Ali Jalilvand lost his leg. Meanwhile,…
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Two soldiers were injured by a mine blast in a Dehloran border area yesterday. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that on Friday, Nov 10, 2017, two soldiers called Daniel Biranvand and Rasoul Asadi were injured by a landmine left from Iran-Iraq war era in “Mosayan area”, between “Nahr Anbar” and “Nim Borjak” checkpoints. The injured soldiers were transferred to…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has received reports that on Saturday, Oct 28, 2017, Suleiman Mahmoudi, 46, married and resident of Piranshahr in the highlands of Qomatyr Piranshahr, was severely injured by a mine blast and transferred to a hospital in Orumiyeh. According to the report, this Kolbar lost his right leg in the explosion while his left leg muscle is injured severely. According to KHRN…
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This morning, land mine explosions in one of the Mehran border areas left one dead and two wounded. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a land mine clearance officer called Javad Derakhshan affiliated with the Demining Institution was killed while two other land mine clearance officers including Ghodrat Parseh and Mehdi Rezayi were due to mine explosion during the demining operation…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
Executions
According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Khorramabad, Karaj, Hamadan, and Dezful.
While three prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, 10 were executed for drug-related offences.
These are the executions of which the KHRN has been informed by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In August, at least four kolbars were killed and 16 were injured in the country’s western border areas.
Of these, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards and one was killed after he was hit by a military vehicle of the border forces.
In addition, one kolbar was injured after being shot by Iraqi border forces in the Choman border of Baneh on 7 August.
Killings of civilians
On 17 August, a Kurdish soldier from Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, was shot dead at a military base in Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province.
Work accidents
Over the past month, at least six workers lost their lives in work accidents in Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Saqqez, Maku, Javanrud and Ilam.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout August, Iranian forces arrested at least 60 civilians, including activists, journalists, Kurdish Sunni clerics and two children.
Two of these civilians were detained to serve prison sentences in Ilam and Naqadeh.
Prison sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 10 people to prison terms ranging from six months to a total of 16 and a half years.
Half of these sentences were handed down by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.