Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Civil rights activist Shilan Kurdistani has been sentenced in recent days to a total of 40 months of suspended imprisonment in Iran. Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, sentenced her to 40 months in prison as follows: two years and nine months for “membership of an illegal group” for her membership of the Zhivano Women’s Association, and seven months in…

The Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh has sentenced civilians Nasim Namazi, Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari Berdiani, Rahman Parhazou and Mansour Rasouli to death on charges of “participation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel” over the past few weeks. The court also sentenced five other civilians, Kamran Hanareh, Fakhroddin Doudkanlou Milan, Ashkan Osmannezhad Ganduk, Hassan Omarpour, and Amir Moshtagh Gangachin, to…

The Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Ilam, in north-west Iran, has sentenced Kurdish teacher Ahmad Alizadeh to a total of six years, seven months and 17 days in prison and other additional penalties. The court charged Alizadeh with “forming a group of more than two individuals with the intention of disrupting national security” and “propaganda against the state”, Kurdistan Human Rights Network…

The Branch Nine of Iran’s Supreme Court has acquitted Kurdish political prisoner Towhid Darvish of “enmity against God”, overturning the ruling of the lower court and referring the case back to the court for investigation. In early January, the Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, sentenced Darvish to 10 years of imprisonment in exile in Ahvaz prison and payment…

The Branch Nine of Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned Kurdish political prisoner Hatem Ozdemir’s death sentence in the past few days, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The court referred the case to the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, for re-investigation. Ozdemir, who holds Turkish citizenship, was previously sentenced to death by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Khoy,…

The Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Varamin, Tehran province, in northern Iran, has sentenced Kurdish artist Khabat Fadaei to a total of six years in prison. The court charged Fadaei with “propaganda against the state” and “membership in a group and society with the aim of disrupting the security of the country”. If the sentence is upheld at the appeal stage, five years…

The Branch Six of the Appeals Court of Ilam province, in western Iran, has upheld the Islamic Revolutionary Court’s decision sentencing Kurdish student Negar Davoudi to two years of imprisonment and other additional penalties over her participation in the recent anti-government protests in Ilam. On 19 December 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Davoudi to two years in jail, a two-year ban on international…

An Iranian court has convicted civilians Fereshteh Hosseini, Hossein Ahmadi, Kazem Mam-Esmaeil and Younes Mahmudzadeh to prison terms on charges of “acting against national security” and “propaganda against the state”. According to the verdict, Hosseini was sentenced to eight months in jail on charges of “propaganda against the state”. Ahmadi was sentenced to three years in jail, Mam-Esmaeil to one year and Mahmudzadeh to three years…

Civilians Hassel Omari and Omid Azad-Davar have been sentenced to 43 months and eight months of imprisonment, respectively. The two civilians were tried at Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of Piranshahr in the past few days. The court charged Omari with “assembly and collusion with the intent to commit a crime against internal/external security” and Azad-Davar with “propaganda against the state”, Kurdistan Human Rights Network…