Ramazan Ahmad Kamal, a political Kurdish political prisoner from Kobane who was transferred to Qazvin’s Central Prison last September without the completion of his treatment course from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, has been deprived of follow-up treatment in the prison. As a result, his health has been critical during the past few days due to suffering from postoperative infection in his arm. According to…
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Over the past few months since being released from a 17-day detention, Farzaneh Jalali (Kurdish civil activist) she has been repeatedly summoned by the News Office of the Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah via telephone calls and threatened her to consent to cooperation with this organisation. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the above-mentioned Kurdish civil activist has been summoned for interrogations four times…
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After spending 10 days in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre, Ali Mohammadi has been transferred back to Ward 12 of Orumiyeh central prison. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Sunday, August 20, Ali Mohammadi Moghaddam was transferred back to Ward 12 of Orumiyeh Central Prison after spending 10 days in solitary confinement. On August 10, he had been referred…
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Kurdish political prisoners are being put under increased pressure by the Prison Intelligence authorities, according to recently released reports. During the past few days, Bashir Pirmavanah, political prisoners detained in Ward 13 of the Orumiyeh Central Prison has been summoned, interrogated and threatened for several hours by Intelligence authorities located in prison due to communicating with political prisoners. During the interrogation, the Office of the Special…
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A Kurdish prisoner, who had referred to the prison health centre was beaten up by a number of agents and prisoners during the past few days, after an argument with the authorities before being transferred to solitary confinement in the central prison in Orumiyeh. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Wednesday night,9 August, a Kurdish prisoner known as Ali Mohammadi who was detained…
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Ayoub Asadi, the political prisoner in his seventh year of imprisonment in Kashmar, was supposed to be granted a furlough on a bail of 250 Million Iranian Tomans but Kashmar Prosecutor’s Office opposed to his sick leave. His mother had a heart attack after being informed about the opposition to her son’s leave and she is currently hospitalised in Hamedan. Kurdistan Human Rights Network…
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A Kurdish citizen from the Gachini village of Orumiyeh was arrested and taken to the Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve a one-year prison sentence on charges of spreading anti-government propaganda. The Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh has initially sentenced Behzad Mahmoud Nezhad to five years in prison on charges of membership in the outlawed Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iran (KDPI, also known by its Kurdish…
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Information regarding the fate of detained wounded Iranian Kurdish opposition member Ramin Hossein Panahi and members of his family has remained unknown since he was arrested after armed clashes with Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in the city of Sanandaj on 23 June. A reliable source spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) about the incident and said that Hamza’s Revolutionary Guards in the Shalaman…
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Over the past few days, a Sunni Kurdish prisoner was detained in the central prison of Ourmiyeh, sentenced to death by the Ourmiyeh Revolutionary Court on charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God). An informed source told Human Rights Network Kurdistan that Davood Mihandoost,22, Kurdish citizen of Tarzlu area of Ourmiyeh, was arrested along with five other citizens by security forces in June, 2016. These…
Read moreIn 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 15 prisoners in November.
While 12 of the men were executed on drug-related charges, two were executed for “premeditated murder” and one for “rape”.
Of the 15 cases, seven were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province.
*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
During the past month, one woman was killed by her husband with a blow to the head and another was stabbed to death by her husband. Both cases took place in Ilam, Ilam Province, over alleged “family disputes”.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In November, one kolbar died after suffering a cardiac arrest while working in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province; three other kolbars were shot and wounded by Iranian border guards in Nowsud and Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province; and one suffered an ankle injury as a result of a landmine explosion in Nowsud.
Landmine explosions
On 14 November, a civilian, Ahmad Ali Mohammadi, was killed in a landmine explosion in Ilam, Ilam Province.
Detentions and arrests
Over the past month, Iranian forces have arrested at least 21 people, including activists and children.
At least seven of the detained civilians were sent to Mahabad, Tehran, Sanandaj, Marivan and Oshnavieh prisons to serve their sentences.
Sentences
In November, Iranian courts sentenced at least 12 people to punishments ranging from three months in prison to the death penalty.
Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi), a Kurdish political prisoner and a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR), was among those sentenced to death. Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted her on charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi).