Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Hadi Rostami, a prisoner from Ilam, Ilam Province, has written an open letter to human rights organisations, urging them to intervene and stop the imminent execution of his amputation sentence. “I call on human rights organisations, the United Nations, and all international bodies to take urgent action to prevent the execution of this inhumane sentence”, he said in his letter. Rostami, along with two co-defendants, Mehdi…

The Supreme Court has rejected the request for a retrial of Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner with Turkish citizenship, upholding his death sentence. Ozdemir was sentenced to death in May by Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh, on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). In September 2024, Branch Nine of the Supreme Court…

A group of political and civil rights activists have issued a statement condemning the death sentence handed down to Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi) and urging action against state executions in Iran. They have called on all those opposed to the death penalty, regardless of political affiliation, to take action against such inhumane sentences and to ensure that these state executions do not…

Kurdish prisoner Javid Halimian, who has been imprisoned for five years, was beaten on the morning of 15 March by Mohammad-Amin Seyfzadeh, the head of Ward 4 of Orumiyeh Central Prison, during a routine inspection on the pretext of failing to fold his blanket, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Seyfzadeh insulted Halimian for not folding his blanket properly, and beat the prisoner…

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian, all sentenced to amputation, have been given one month to obtain the consent of the plaintiff in their case, or their sentences will be executed. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the prisoners were summoned to the Enforcement of Judgements Office of Orumiyeh Central Prison on 13 March 2025, where they were officially informed…

The Supreme Court has accepted a request for a retrial in the case of Kurdish political prisoner Parham Parvari, overturning his previous conviction and referring the case to an equivalent court for re-examination. His lawyer, Mazyar Tataei, announced the decision on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account, saying: “The third retrial request submitted for my client, Mr. Parham Parvari, has been accepted by the Supreme…

Iran has executed five prisoners in recent days, including one in public, on charges of “premeditated murder” and “drug trafficking”. On 28 February, Shoayb Rezapour, a 30-year-old civilian from the village of Sost in Esfarayen, North Khorasan Province, was executed in public in the city, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Rezapour had been sentenced to death for “premeditated murder” after being convicted of…

Behrouz Safari Ghaleh-Zanjiri, a prisoner from the village of Ghaleh-Zanjir in Dalahu, Kermanshah Province, was executed in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, at dawn on 26 February. Safari Ghaleh-Zanjiri, 34, was arrested about four years ago and sentenced to death after being found guilty of “premeditated murder”, a crime punishable by qisas, which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate under Islamic…

Zeynab Jalalian, Iran’s longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence, marks 17 years behind bars. Born in 1982 in the village of Dim Qeshlaq in Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, Jalalian has been imprisoned since 26 February 2008. Jalalian is the only woman in the country serving a life sentence for political reasons. Over the years, she has been denied both the right to…