Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in July 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In July, Iran executed at least eight prisoners in Sari, Mazandaran province; Yazd, Yazd province; Sanandaj, Kurdistan province; Orumiyeh, West…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in June 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In June, Iran executed at least 12 prisoners in Ilam, Kermanshah, Orumiyeh, and Karaj. These included eight prisoners who were executed…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in May 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Kolbars and Tradesmen In May, forces of the Border Guards Command killed at least one kolbar and injured 12 others in…
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In April, Iranian border forces targeted kolbars in the country’s western border areas, killing several and injuring many. The last week of the month also saw several labour activists arrested by security forces ahead of the International Labour Day. Kolbars In the past month, forces of the Border Guards Command killed at least three kolbars and injured 35 others in the border areas. At least 36 of these…
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In March, Iranian security forces detained dozens of Kurdish activists and the individuals who organise annual Newroz (also Nowruz in Persian) celebrations in the Kurdish cities and villages in Iran. These activists were summoned by intelligence institutions, were threatened and were forced to sign written pledges prohibiting participants from using Kurdish symbols and playing happy and epic songs; such as the Kurdish national anthem. The pledges…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in February 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In February, Iran executed two prisoners in Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah province and Malekshahi in the…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in January 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In January, Iran executed three prisoners in the cities of Mehran, Eyvan-e Gharb, and Ilam in…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in December 2021. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In December, Iran executed six prisoners in the central prisons of the northwestern cities of Sanandaj,…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in November 2021. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions On 3 November, Iran executed a prisoner named Manouchehr Kazemi in Ghezel Hesar Prison of Kermanshah. Kazemi,…
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Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested Aziz and Omid Abdollahzadeh, two brothers from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in the city on 15 May. The Kurdistan…
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Joint explanation of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN, or Network) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC, or Center):…
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Prisoners Moshir Osmanzadeh, Reza Miri and Sajjad Moradi were executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, and Ghezel Hesar Prison in…
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Kurdish civilians Ghader Kharamanfar, Jalal Sadafi, Salar Shams-Borhan, Ali Maroufi, Rebwar Rasouli and Ayoub Rasouli remain in pre-trial detention in Mahabad Prison nearly six…
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The Supreme Court has rejected the second appeal for a retrial of Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner with Turkish citizenship, and upheld his…
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Mehran Nasri-Zar, a prisoner from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, was executed today in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. In recent days, Nasri-Zar was…
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Moshir Osmannezhad, a prisoner from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, who was sentenced to death for “premeditated murder”, was today transferred to solitary confinement at…
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The Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan and Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, has arrested Kurdish civilians Ali Daneshi and Samrand Vojoudi and summoned dozens of…
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Arman Rayzan, a 31-year-old kolbar from the village of Gugjeh in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was shot dead by Iranian border forces in the early…
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Azhdar Piri, editor-in-chief of the international monthly Pazhouhesh-e Melal (Nations Research), was sent to Karaj Central Prison on 4 May after being summoned by…
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Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi), who is on death row, is being denied access to vital medical care despite suffering from serious…
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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 April to 30 April.
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
Iran executed at least seven prisoners in April, four being on drug-related charges, two on charges of “premeditated murder”, and one political prisoner on charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi), according to KHRN’s findings.
On 21 April, the family of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou was summoned to the Orumiyeh Prosecutor’s Office and informed that the prisoner had been executed. The Deputy Prosecutor, Behzad Sarkhanlou, informed them that the prisoner had been transferred from Orumiyeh to Tehran and that his death sentence had been carried out.
*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 April, a Kurdish woman was reported to have been the victim of femicide. On 3 April, Azita Fallahi, a 36-year-old mother of two, was beaten to death by her husband in Sonqor, Kermanshah Province.
Kolbars
Last month, at least one man died of cardiac arrest while working as a kolbar and two others were shot and wounded by Iranian border guards in the Baneh border area.
Detentions and arrests
In April, Iranian forces arrested at least 11 people, two of whom were sent to prison to serve their sentences.
Sentences
During this period, Iranian courts sentenced a religious activist to 22 months in prison and another man to five months in prison and a fine.