Kurdish civil rights activist Azimeh Nasseri has been transferred today, from the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh to the quarantine ward of the city prison, after a month in detention. Separately, Nahid Kamangar, a student of Kurdish language and literature at the University of Kurdistan in Sanandaj, is still held in the women’s ward of…
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In the past two days, at least 11 Kurdish students and civil rights activists have been detained and taken to unknown locations by security forces in the cities of Karaj, Mahabad, Rabat and Marivan. These people have been identified as Farzad Samani, Sohaib Badrouj, Shapol Khezri, Darya Talabani, Salar Rahavi, Sirwan Nouri, Afshin Mam Ahmadi, Bahman Yousefzadeh, Farhad Musapour, Fereydoun Musapour and Dana Samadi. The…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Kajwan Azadian, a civil activist and a student at Payame Noor University in Marivan, was sent to prison for serving his two-month imprisonment sentence today Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Kajwan Azadian was arrested by the security forces on May 19, 2016, but he was released on bail five days later. He was sentenced to one year in prison…
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Three students of Kurdistan University, who were detained by security forces following a rally in protest to the crash of a Ukrainian Plane by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were released on bail. Moslem Suleimani and Arshad Atabak were released on bail yesterday while Zaniar Ahmadpour was released today as his family did not manage to secure the bail yesterday. Arshad Atabak(secretary to “Ahwara”),…
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Four students who were detained during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot by the slamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were released on bail but one other student is still in custody. Siavash Hayati- a graduate student in political science and a spokesman for the Yarsan Civil Rights Advisory Council- was released on bail….
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Yesterday, January 12, at least four students were arrested during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet which was shot by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) One of these detainees was released several hours later but three others are still in custody. The three detainees include 61-year-old Siavash Hayati- a graduate student…
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According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) On Tuesday, students of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Razi University of Kermanshah protested against the continuation of the guild and welfare problems at the university Oct 23, 2018. These students refused to eat the food bought from the university canteen and put their food trays on the campus ground. The students also held a…
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A Kurdish student detained last year during a protests rally in Orumiyeh was released from Orumiyeh Prison on a heavy bail. An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the sentence for Ibrahim Khalidi, the Kurdish student who was sentenced to five years imprisonment in January on charges of “acting against national security through participation in Orumiyeh protests by the Orumiyeh Revolutionary…
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The sentence for Ibrahim Khalidi, the Kurdish student detained in Orumiyeh who was arrested during the recent protests rally and sentenced to five years imprisonment, was reduced to three years by the Orumiyeh Court of Appeals. A source close to the student told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that on Thursday, May 17, the trial of this student was held at (Branch 1) of the…
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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 March to 31 March.
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 four prisoner in March for “premeditated murder”.
Two of the prisoners were executed in Mahabad Prison, in West Azerbaijan Province, and two in Ilam Central Prison.
*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
In the first half of March, three women were killed by their male family members in Orumiyeh and Kermanshah.
Landmine explosions
In March, landmine explosions resulted in injuries to four people, including two kolbars, in Mehran in Ilam Province, Paveh in Kermanshah Province, and Marivan in Kurdistan Province.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In March, at least five kolbars were shot dead by Iranian border guards, two died of frostbite, two died as a result of falling from the border heights, one was tortured to death by Iranian security forces, one died of a heart attack, one died in a road accident and another died as a result of the overturning of a car chased by police.
A total of 60 kolbars were injured during this period. Of these, 38 were shot by Iranian border guards, nine fell from heights at the border, four were injured in landmine explosions, three were beaten by border guards, two were beaten by Iraqi border guards, two were injured in road accidents, one was injured by stones thrown by border guards, and one was injured in a car that fell from heights at the border.
The identities of three of the kolbars injured in falls from border heights remain unknown and are therefore not included in the table in this report.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout March, Iranian forces arrested at least 20 civilians, including a child and two artists.
At least four of the detained civilians were sent to prisons in Marivan, Saqqez, Naqadeh, and Ilam to serve prison sentences.
Sentences
In the past month, Iranian courts have sentenced at least four people to punishments ranging from three months to 13 years in prison.
Security forces wound two young men
On 21 March, security forces attacked a group of young people in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, for playing music and having fun. As a result of the forces’ shooting, two Kurdish youths, Mohammad Ahmadian and Arman Basiri, were seriously injured in the leg.
The incident took place in the Eastern Park near the historical site of Tagh-e Bostan.