The 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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Kurdish writer Mozhgan Kavousi has been sentenced to over five years in jail in Iran for charges that include alleged actions to “disrupt national security”. However, the charge of “corruption on earth” brought against her at her recent trial had been dropped, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHR) has learned. The verdict was handed down by the First Branch of the Islamic Revolution Court. Her lawyers were informed on…
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced a Kurdish journalist named Saman Ghazali to eight months in prison and a one-year ban from journalism on charges of “propaganda against the state”. Ghazali was arrested after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Mahabad on 25 September. A few days later, he was transferred to the detention centre of the security institution…
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In recent days, the Islamic Revolutionary and the Criminal Courts of the Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced at least six Kurdish civilians who were arrested during the nationwide public protests to imprisonment, flogging and social exclusion. Masoud Kamyab – Sonqor, Kermanshah Province The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Kermanshah sentenced a civil rights activist named Masoud Kamyab to one year of imprisonment, one year of a ban…
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Branch 3 of the Criminal Court 1 in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced a detained Kurdish woman named Saada Khedirzadeh to 12 years and six months in prison. The court charged Khedirzadeh with “aiding and abetting the murder” of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member named Khedr Peyrouti and “helping a suspect to escape”. This Kurdish woman who comes from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province,…
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Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, has sentenced a Kurdish labour activist named Rebwar Abdollahi to two years of suspended imprisonment. The court charged the activist with “propaganda against the state”. He was officially notified of the verdict on 26 July. Abdollahi’s court hearing was held on 27 June on the two charges of “propaganda against the state” and “acting against national…
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The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sahneh in Kermanshah province has sentenced the prominent Kurdish Yarsani activist Kheyrollah Haghjouyan to one year in prison, 11 months of which was suspended for five years. The court charged Haghjouyan with “propaganda against the state” and “insulting sanctities”. The decision was communicated to the activist on 21 June. Haghjouyan is a prominent Kurdish Yarsani activist and a member of the Yarsan…
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The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, has sentenced seven members of the ‘Zhianaway Kurdistan’ campaign to a total of 14 years in prison. On 19 May, the activists named Marzieh Moradveisi, Ataollah Rezababi, Sirvan Abdollahi, Fardin Rahimi, Mehdi Seifi, Ali Allahveisi, and Ghaneh Khateri were officially informed of the ruling. According to the verdict, Rezababi’s two-year prison sentence was suspended. The last court hearing of…
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Branch 101 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kamyaran, in Iran’s northwestern Kurdistan province, has sentenced a Kurdish Sunni cleric named Mohammad Mirza Rahmani and three Kurdish activists, Sirvan Ghorbani, Amanj Ghorbani, and Borhan Kamangar, to 91 days in prison each. The court issued the sentences under Article 500 of the Iranian Islamic Penal Code on charges of “propaganda in favour of groups opposed to…
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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 November to 30 November.
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
According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed at least 18 prisoners in Karaj, Orumiyeh, Kermanshah, Ardabil and Ilam during the month of November.
While seven prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder” and nine for “drug trafficking”, prisoners of conscience Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi were executed on charges of “spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) after 14 years in prison.
Additionally, one of these prisoners was Nazir Mohammad, an Afghan national, who was executed on drug-related charges in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
*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.
Femicide
At least five women have been killed by their male family members in Gilabgharb and the village of Qazanchi in Kermanshah in the past month.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In November, at least three kolbars, including a 17-year-old child, were shot dead by Iranian border guards, one kolbar died as a result of a fall from the border heights and another died of frostbite in the western border areas of the country.
A total of 102 kolbars were injured during this period. Of these, 98 were shot by border guards, two fell from border heights, one was injured in a landmine explosion and one was beaten.
Among the injured kolbars shot by border guards were one 14-year-old, two 16-year-olds, six 17-year-olds, two 18-year-olds and three 19-year-olds.
Work-related accidents
On 7 November, at least one worker was killed in a work-related accident in the village of Sorkheh Dezaj in Sanandaj.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout November, Iranian forces arrested at least 31 civilians, including five children, eight activists, a rapper and an imam.
At least five of the detained civilians were sent to prisons in Tehran, Ilam, Saqqez and Sanandaj.
Prison sentences
Last month, Iranian courts sentenced at least four people from Sanandaj to prison terms ranging from one year suspended imprisonment to five years in prison.