Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced Kurdish protester Parham Parvari to a total of 15 years in prison, including 10 years in exile in Jask prison in Hormozgan province, in southern Iran. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Parvari was charged with “enmity against God” (moharebeh), among other charges, for taking part in anti-government protests. “Enmity against God”…
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Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Sunni Kurdish cleric Zana Khoshaman to two years and one month in prison. According to the verdict handed down to the cleric on 15 June, he was accused of “acting against national security” through his “membership” of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI). Security forces arrested Khoshaman and his wife Sinour…
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The Special Clerical Court in Hamadan, in north-west Iran, has in recent days convicted Sunni Kurdish clerics Loghman Amini and Ebrahim Karimi Nanaleh for voicing support for the recent anti-government protests. The clerical court sentenced Amini to 11 years in prison, two years of life in exile in Ardabil, in the northwest, permanent revocation of his clerical status and a permanent ban on giving sermons. Nanaleh…
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Branch 36 of Tehran’s Appeals Court recently upheld the five-year prison sentence of Kurdish artist Sasan Chamanara. The artist had previously been sentenced to prison by Branch 29 of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court. On 12 June, he was summoned to serve the sentence by Branch One of the Enforcement of Judgements Office of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran’s 33rd district. Chamanara, who is from…
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Branch 113 of the Criminal Court Two in Orumiyeh, in north-western Iran, last week sentenced Fakhraddin Ebrahimi, son of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, to one year in prison and two years of suspended imprisonment. The court charged Ebrahimi, 22, with “damaging the windows of the Appeals Court’s security door”. The civilian was tried in April without the right to a lawyer and was…
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Branch 103 of the Criminal Court 2 in Ilam, in western Iran, sentenced former Kurdish political prisoner Khadijeh Mehdipour to three months and one day in prison on 17 May on charges of “spreading lies online to disturb public opinion”. Mehdipour was previously arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Ilam on 10 October 2021. After two days of interrogation…
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The Special Clerical Court of Hamadan, in western Iran, has convicted Sunni Kurdish clerics Madeh Karami and Abdoljabbar Lotfi for their support of recent anti-government protests. Karami, the imam of the village of Huyeh in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was tried on 21 May and sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years. The trial of Lotfi, a teacher and imam at the Ershad mosque…
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, in recent days sentenced imprisoned protester Sohrab Avizkan to three years in prison and three years of life in exile in Zanjan, in north-west Iran. The civilian was charged with “assembly and conspiracy with intent to disrupt national security” and “disturbing public order and peace”. This verdict was delivered to the civilian detained in Mahabad prison in…
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Branch 101 of the Ilam Criminal Court in western Iran sentenced Kurdish artist Mohammad Abbaszadeh to six months and one day in prison, to pay 240 million Iranian rials – nearly 4,800 USD – in fines and supplementary penalties. The artist was sentenced to write 50 pages of articles in his own handwriting on “the consequences of blasphemy in the afterlife”. The verdict was notified to…
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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.