Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, recently sentenced Kurdish labour activist Habibollah Karimi to three months in prison. The court charged Karimi with “acting against national security” through “membership” of a Kurdish opposition party. According to the verdict, the sentence was commuted to a cash fine of 120 million Iranian rials – nearly 250 USD. The court session took place on 16…
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Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has in recent days sentenced Kurdish labour activists Eghbal Shabani, Eghbal Pishkari and Abdollah Kheyrabadi to a total of 51 months in prison. According to the issued verdict, Shabani was sentenced to 30 months in prison, Pishkari to one year and Kheyrabadi to nine months on charges of “acting against national security” through “membership”…
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Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced Mohammad Obaid Haghighian, a former employee of the city court, to three months in prison for “propaganda against the state”. According to the verdict, the sentence was commuted to a cash fine of 400 million Iranian rials – nearly 800 USD. The Ministry of Intelligence arrested Haghighan on 5 February in Sanandaj. After spending…
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Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, has sentenced Kurdish labour activists Shadman Abdi, Kamal Karimi and Khabat Mahmoudi to a total of five years and three months in prison. According to the verdict, Abdi was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security” and “forming an illegal group to disrupt the national security”. Karimi…
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The Criminal Court Two of Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Abdolrahman Nasri and Arman Habibi, family members of the victims of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to six and a half months of imprisonment and 40 lashes each for “disrupting public order”. This is part of the ongoing pressure and sentencing of families of the victims. Earlier, Hassan Amini and Hashem…
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The Criminal Court One of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Farhad Navaei, a 16-year-old student who was arrested by security forces during anti-government protests in the city in November last year, to two years in prison. While the court convicted Navaei of “assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security”, it also acquitted him of “enmity against God” (moharebeh), which carries the death…
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The Criminal Court of Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Hassan Amini, the brother of Mohammad Amini, one of the victims of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to six and a half years in prison and 40 lashes. Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Two in Bukan handed down the verdict on 5 July, charging the civilian with “disturbing public…
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Branch 101 of the Criminal Court Two of Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, sentenced Hashem Saedi, the father of Sarina Saedi, one of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to six and a half months in prison and 40 lashes. The verdict was delivered to Saedi after he appeared at the Bukan court on 3 July, charging him with “disturbing…
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Babak Karimi, a Kurdish civilian who was arrested by security forces during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Eyvan-e Gharb in Ilam province and released on bail after a few months, has been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the protester was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of “assembly and…
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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.