Dozens of agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation raided a house in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 September and arrested Kurdish activists Ashkan Fahim and Reza Andisheh. They forced their way into the house, breaking doors and windows, and arrested the activists after brutally beating and hitting them with rifle butts, causing serious injuries and bleeding, the Kurdistan Human Rights…
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Fardin Jafari, a 27-year-old civilian with mental disability, is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sniper near Aichi cemetery in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on the afternoon of 16 September. The shooting took place on the anniversary of the government’s killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who is buried in the Aichi…
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In a continuation of arrests targeting the families of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, security forces today arrested Rezan Saedi and Moayyed Saedi, the aunt and brother of Sarina Saedi, and Omid Niyazi, the brother of Mohsen Niyazi, in the cities of Sanandaj and Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces today surrounded the…
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The hunger-striking Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh was transferred on 13 September from solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison to the detention facility of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Rashozadeh began his dry hunger strike on 5 September in response to being placed in solitary confinement as a result of his protest against the conditions…
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As the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising approaches, there have been reports of significant deployments of special police forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units in Orumiyeh, Bukan, Mahabad, Saqqez, Divandarreh, Sanandaj, Marivan, Kamyaran, Javanrud, Kermanshah, Eslamabad-e Gharb, Ilam and Abdanan. According to information gathered by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), in recent days, thousands of anti-insurgency personnel from police forces…
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Kurdish civil rights activist Hiro Ghadimi was placed in solitary confinement at the Juvenile Detention Centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, after being arrested by security forces at her family home in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 12 September. Ghadimi, known for her advocacy work in children’s and women’s rights, as well as her assistance to individuals with special needs in Saqqez, has been denied access to…
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Civilians Fakhrieh Omidi and Batoul Omidi were sent to the women’s quarantine ward of the Ilam Central Prison on a temporary detention order on 12 September. The two sisters, who were recently arrested by security forces in Ilam, Ilam Province, were transferred to prison after being charged with “propaganda against the state”. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a total of…
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The trial of lawyer Golaleh Vatandoust and journalist Zhina Modares Gorji has taken place over the past two days at Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Yesterday, Vatandoust appeared before Judge Saeidi on charges of “propaganda against the state on cyberspace”, “formation, management, or membership of a group or organisation with the intent to disrupt national security”, and “membership in…
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The Ministry of Education’s Disciplinary Board has upheld the decision to forcibly retire Shilan Yousefi, a teacher from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Yousefi, an experienced physics teacher in Saqqez with 23 years of teaching background, had been sentenced to forced retirement by the Preliminary Disciplinary Board of the Directorate General of Education in Kurdistan Province. The decision followed a complaint and subsequent legal proceedings initiated by the…
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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.