The Preliminary Board for Administrative Violations of Employees in Kurdistan Province has sentenced four members of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association to permanent dismissal, expulsion and exile, while another activist’s expulsion sentence was reduced on appeal. Omid Shah-Mohammadi was sentenced to permanent dismissal from all government jobs, Hiva Ghoreishi and Kaveh Mohammadzadeh were dismissed from their posts, and Parviz Ehsani was sentenced to five years’…
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The Kurdistan Province Court of Appeal has reduced the prison sentence of Srwa Pour-Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and board member of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, from 10 years to five years. The decision was delivered to Pour-Mohammadi’s lawyers on 25 November. In November 2023, Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, presided over by Judge Karami, sentenced her to 10 years of imprisonment…
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Kurdish civil rights activist Ali Allah-Veysi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Allah-Veysi, a member of the Jiyanaway Kurdistan Campaign, was sentenced to one year for “acting against national security” through his alleged membership of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and an additional six months for “propaganda against the state”,…
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Kurdish civil rights activist Ali Allah-Veysi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Allah-Veysi, a member of the Jiyanaway Kurdistan Campaign, was sentenced to one year for “acting against national security” through his alleged membership of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and an additional six months for “propaganda against the state”,…
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The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced Kurdish civilian Nasser Bekrzadeh to death on charges of “espionage for Israel”, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The verdicts came within days of similar sentences for three other Kurdish men, Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, adding to a recent spate of death sentences handed down in espionage cases. Asghar…
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Keyvan Rahimi, a Kurdish media activist from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, has been sentenced to eight months in prison by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez on charges of “propaganda against the state”. The court suspended half of the sentence for one year, applying a provision of the law on reduction of sentences. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rahimi’s trial…
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Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state”. She was tried by Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two, presided over by Judge Mehdi Fakhri, and was informed of the verdict last month. Hassanzadeh and her father,…
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Mostafa Hamdi, a media activist and administrator of the Porseman Telegram group, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and 70 lashes by Branch 105 of the Second Criminal Court in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the court convicted the Kurdish activist on charges of “disturbing public order” by participating in alleged “illegal gatherings”. Hamdi’s trial took place…
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Zahra Sajedinia, a Kurdish woman from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “propaganda against the state”. She was sentenced by Branch 101 of the Second Criminal Court in Bukan following a trial held in late September, and was informed of the verdict on 29 September. Sajedinia was arrested on 31 July after being summoned to the local office of…
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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.