A group of civilians in the city of Abdanan, Ilam province, in western Iran, took to the streets on 1 February to protest against the arrest and issuance of prison sentences for two civilians from the city, Sajjad Moradivandan and Ayat Arefinia. During the protests, which lasted until midnight, protesters chanted slogans calling for the immediate release of detainees. In an interview with Iranian state media…
Read moreKurdish journalist Nazila Maroufian was sentenced to two years in prison, a fine of 15 million Tomans and a five-year ban on leaving Iran. The Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran charged the 23-year-old journalist with “propaganda against the state” and “publishing lies with the intention of disrupting the public mind” for publishing interviews with Mahsa Jina Amini’s father. The journalist wrote on…
Read moreThe Branch 4 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kermanshah, western Iran, sentenced Kurdish political activist Rahim Azizi to four months in prison on charges of “acting against national security” for allegedly supporting and propagating in favour of a Kurdish opposition party. Azizi was arrested on 5 December during the recent anti-government protests in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, when security forces raided his brother’s and father’s…
Read moreKurdish protester Negar Davoudi has been sentenced to a total of two years and three months in jail, 74 lashes, two years ban on international travels, a year of community service and 200 hours of mandatory participation in Quran interpretation classes over her participation in the recent anti-government protests in Ilam, western Iran. The Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court and the Branch 103…
Read moreThe Special Clerical Court of Hamedan, in western Iran, has sentenced Kurdish Sunni cleric Seyyed Seyfollah Hosseini to a total of 17 years in prison, 74 lashes, and two years of living in exile in Ardabil, in north-western Iran, over charges that include “inciting people to disrupt the security of the country”. The court has also stripped Hosseini of his clerical status, Kurdistan Human Rights…
Read moreAn Iranian court has sentenced Kurdish civilian Jalal Amini to a total of three years and eight months in prison on charges of “acting against national security” through membership in a Kurdish opposition party and “propaganda against the state” in the past few days in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province. The civilian was tried in late December 2022, and his lawyer was informed of the court…
Read moreIran’s Special Clerical Court in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Kurdish cleric Younes Nowkhah to a total of four years and six months in prison over a series of charges. The clerical court has also stripped Nowkhah of his clerical status, permanently, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. According to the verdict issued by the court, which was communicated to the cleric on…
Read moreThe Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, has sentenced the detained 27-year-old Kurdish civilian Towhid (Loghman) Darvish to 10 years of imprisonment in exile in Ahvaz prison and payment of 5 billion Tomans – nearly 125,000 USD – in damages to a bank. The security forces claimed that they had arrested him for “participation in setting fire to a bank” during the protests…
Read moreThe Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in the city of Shahriar, Tehran province, has sentenced Kurdish woman Mahsa Farhadi to two years in prison in the past few days for not wearing a headscarf. The court charged the 21-year-old woman with “assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security”, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Security forces “beat and arrested Farhadi…
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