Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian authorities executed prisoner Mohammad Babaei for murder-related charges at Sanandaj Central Prison on 2 September, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He was arrested a

The authorities have executed Faramarz Shahbazi, a prisoner from Harsin in Kermanshah Province who had previously been sentenced to death for drug trafficking offences. This brings to two the

Iranian authorities have executed a prisoner convicted on drug-related charges in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. Hossein Biabani, from the city of Harsin in Kermanshah Province,

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi has been recently released from Orumiyeh Central Prison after serving more than four years and four months of a 10-year sentence. His release came

Ashkan Fahim, a Kurdish writer and cultural activist from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, who has been held in Mahabad Prison since October 2023, is being denied medical treatment despite

Kurdish political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, who has been sentenced to death, remains in legal limbo at Orumiyeh Central Prison nearly three years after his arrest during the anti-government

The authorities at Qarchak and Evin prisons have warned four Kurdish political prisoners with Turkish citizenship that their young children will be placed in state care if they do not agree to

Nasser Ahmadzadeh, a 33-year-old Kurdish man from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, has been sent to the city prison to serve a 15-month sentence for offences relating to “national

Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand and Mehdi Sharafian, three prisoners who recently had their fingers amputated, remain without medical care, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On