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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 January to 31 January.
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 12 prisoners in January, seven on charges of “premeditated murder”, three on drug-related charges and two for rape, according to KHRN’s findings.
The executions took place in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Mahabad Prison, and Orumiyeh 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
At least six cases of femicide were reported in January in Kermanshah, Ilam, Bukan and Piranshahr.
In one case, a seven-year-old girl, Niyan Jabraeilpour, lost her life after being tortured and raped by a family acquaintance in Bukan on 16 January.
Two others were children, aged 16 and 17, one of whom was the victim of a shooting and the other of a stabbing by her father.
Kolbars
In January, at least one kolbar was shot dead by Iranian border guards, three were wounded after being shot and one was injured after being beaten by these forces.
Civilian killings
On 5 January, Mohammad Azizi, a 35-year-old Kurdish civilian from Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, was fatally shot by law enforcement officers at the Parvizkhan border terminal in the city.
The officers shot Azizi three times in the shoulder and abdomen at close range while attempting to arrest him, resulting in his death.
Landmine explosions
On 16 January, Kurdish civilians Kamal Ehsan-Bakhsh and Najieh Jafari were seriously injured in a landmine explosion while the couple were grazing their livestock in the Meymak border area of Ilam Province.
Ehsan-Bakhsh’s left leg was amputated, while his wife, Jafari, suffered injuries to her eye and abdomen.
Detentions and arrests
Over the past month, Iranian forces arrested at least 94 individuals, including 26 activists.
At least nine of the detained civilians were sent to prison to serve prison sentences.
Many of those arrested are believed to have been targeted for their involvement in the recent general strike and protests against the death sentences handed down to Kurdish political prisoners Pakhshan Azizi and Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi.
Sentences
During this period, Iranian courts sentenced at least seven people to prison sentences ranging from six to 29 months.
Additionally, in early January, Branch 39 of Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence issued against Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi on charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi).
Name | From | Charged with | Date of Execution | Location of Execution | |
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1 | Meysam Farhadi | Harsin, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 2 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
2 | Reza Bakhtiari | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 2 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
3 | Ali Atin | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Rape | 6 Jan | Mahabad Central Prison |
4 | Reza Seyyedi | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Rape | 6 Jan | Mahabad Central Prison |
5 | Ashkan Kazemi | Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 7 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
6 | Mohammad Shahidi | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 7 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
7 | Mozaffar Shahsavari | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 7 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
8 | Farman Afristam | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Premeditated murder | 7 Jan | Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah |
9 | Seyvan Yaghoubi | Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province | Premeditated murder | 15 Jan | Sanandaj Central Prison |
10 | Farhad Fardini | Harsin, Kermanshah Province | Drug trafficking | 24 Jan | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj |
11 | Farzad Mirzaei | Harsin, Kermanshah Province | Drug trafficking | 24 Jan | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj |
12 | Samad Hashemi | Harsin, Kermanshah Province | Drug trafficking | 24 Jan | Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj |
Name | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation | |
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1 | Kosar Darabi | 1 Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 18 years old, murderer: husband, method of murder: gunshot |
2 | Zahra Shahbazi | 7 Jan | Ilam, Ilam Province | 28-year-old mother of two, murderer: husband, method of murder: gunshot |
3 | Nian Jabraeilpour | 16 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | 7 years old, murderer: a family acquaintance, method of murder: torture and rape |
4 | Kani Abdollahi | 25 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | 17 years old, murderer: father, method of murder: stabbing |
5 | Sima Moradi | 25 Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 35 years old, murderer: husband, method of murder: gunshot |
6 | Zeynab Gholami | 25 Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | 16 years old, murderer: father, method of murder: gunshot |
Name | From | Killed/Death | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation | |
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1 | Mahyar Safari | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Killed | 27 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
Name | From | Type of Injury | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Explanation | |
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1 | Shahin Rasoul Hassan | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Wounded | 7 Jan | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
2 | Mohammad Veysi | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Wounded | 12 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Beaten by Iranian border guards |
3 | Saro Veysi | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Wounded | 20 Jan | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
4 | Jamal Azizi | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Wounded | 23 Jan | Baneh, Kurdistan Province | Shot by Iranian border guards |
Name | From | Date of Incident | Location of Incident | Organisation | Explanation | |
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1 | Mohammad Azizi | Qasr-e Shirn, Kermanshah Province | 5 Jan | Qasr-e Shirn, Kermanshah Province | Iranian police | 35 years old, had an altercation with police the week before incident, police shot him while trying to arrest him |
Name | Location of Incident | Date of Incident | Killed/Injured | |
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1 | Kamal Ehsan-Bakhsh | Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province | 16 Jan | Amputation |
2 | Najimeh Jafari | Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province | 16 Jan | Injured |
Name | From | Activity | Date of Arrest | Location of Arrest | Location held and latest status | |
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1 | Susan Razani | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
2 | Seyyed Khaled Hosseini | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
3 | Eghbal Shabani | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
4 | Fardin Miraki | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
5 | Farshid Abdollahi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Dadkhah/justice-seeking family member | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
6 | Sheys Amani | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
7 | Jamal Asadi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 2 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
8 | Fereydoun Nabi | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 2 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 43 months in Naqadeh Prison |
9 | Amir Rahmani | Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 4 Jan | Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve one year in Oshnavieh Prison |
10 | Armin Moradi | Civilian | Early Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | ||
11 | Mohammad Azizi | Civilian | Early Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | ||
12 | Mohammad Yousefi | Civilian | Early Jan | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | ||
13 | Yousef Elyasi | Civilian | Early Jan | Sarpol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah Province | ||
14 | Komar Naderi | Civilian | Early Jan | Sarpol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah Province | ||
15 | Omar Babaei | Civilian | Early Jan | Sarpol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah Province | ||
16 | Hamed Elyasi | Civilian | Early Jan | Sarpol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah Province | ||
17 | Yousef Neyrizi | Civilian | Early Jan | Sarpol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah Province | ||
18 | Sirvan Parvizi | Ilam, Ilam Province | Blogger and satirist | 5 Jan | Ilam, Ilam Province | Released on bail |
19 | Srwa Shiri | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 6 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 8 months in Orumiyeh Prison |
20 | Peyman Shiri | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 6 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 6 months in Orumiyeh Prison |
21 | Afshin Hossein-Panahi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Former political prisoner | 8 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
22 | Behzad Barakhasi | Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 9 Jan | Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province | |
23 | Esmaeil Soleymani | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 11 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 10 months |
24 | Jiyan Miri | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Environmental activist | 11 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Released on bail |
25 | Galawezh Mohammadi-Arshad | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 12 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 4 months in Orumiyeh Prison |
26 | Kavan Kasraei | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 13 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | |
27 | Farhad Menbari | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 13 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
28 | Seyvan Ghafouri | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 13 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
29 | Masoud Mohammadpour | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 15 Jan | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | |
30 | Ayoub Azmand | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 16 Jan | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | |
31 | Mohammad Taher Elyasi | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 16 Jan | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | |
32 | Edris Haji Rasoulpour | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Dadkhah/justice-seeking family member | 16 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 3 months in Bukan Prison |
33 | Mahmoud Niroumand | Dargaz, Razavi Khorasan Province | Cultural activist | Mid Jan | Dargaz, Khorasan Razavi Province | Imprisoned to serve 1 year and 6 months in Dargaz Prison |
34 | Ayda Amouei | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist | 18 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
35 | Asaad Ghafouri | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist | 18 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
36 | Hamed Rezaei | Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah Province | Civilian | 18 Jan | Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah Province | |
37 | Hiwa Shojaei | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 19 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
38 | Ramyar Kaveh | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 20 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | |
39 | Mohammad Sohrabi | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Former political prisoner | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
40 | Fardin Mahmoudi | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Environmental activist | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
41 | Anvar Ebrahim | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
42 | Morad Ostovar | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
43 | Nemat Ahmadnezhad | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
44 | Jigar Mojahedi | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 20 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
45 | Parvin Advaei | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist, former political prisoner | 20 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | |
46 | Benyamin Rahimpour | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Former political prisoner | 21 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
47 | Keyvan Asayeh | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 21 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
48 | Farhad Pelleh | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 21 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
49 | Rahim Alizadeh | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 21 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
50 | Hassan Hassannezhad | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan | Civilian | 21 Jan | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | |
51 | Mohammad Amin Hassannezhad | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan | Civilian | 21 Jan | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | |
52 | Karo Alidad | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | Environmental activist | 22 Jan | Marivan, Kurdistan Province | |
53 | Nariman Rendani | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | |
54 | Mohammad Seyf-Panahi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
55 | Sina Rezaei | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
56 | Amjad Geryakhiz | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
57 | Naeil Dousti | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
58 | Omid Mohammadi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
59 | Mohammad Atlasi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 22 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
60 | Kamal Akherati | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
61 | Milad Rendani | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist | 23 Jan | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | |
62 | Avareh Shakhsi | Rabat, Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Rabat, Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | |
63 | Jalil Mohammadi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist, former political prisoner | 23 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
64 | Faranak Karimi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 23 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
65 | Hemin Ebrahim Hamzeh | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Imprisoned to serve 3 months in Bukan Prison |
66 | Rafigh Karimi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 23 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
67 | Zahed Khaledian | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | |
68 | Vahed Khaledian | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Qorveh, Kurdistan Province | |
69 | Kamal Akherati | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 23 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
70 | Afshin Mostafapour | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 25 Jan | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | |
71 | Payam Fathi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Labour activist | 25 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Summoned and interrogated |
72 | Farzad Hamidi | Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 25 Jan | Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province | |
73 | Mansour Mowloudpour | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 25 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
74 | Jalal Parhizgar | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 25 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
75 | Sarvar Hama-Nazdar | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 25 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
76 | Nasser Ahmadzadeh | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 26 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
77 | Zagros Rasouli | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Environmental activist | 26 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
78 | Mohammad Ramazani | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Environmental activist | 26 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
79 | Nasser Ahmadzadeh | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 26 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
80 | Sadegh Kurdi | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 26 Jan | Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province | |
81 | Hassan Khalili | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Civil rights activist | 26 Jan | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province | Released on bail |
82 | Farhad Zandi | Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist | 27 Jan | Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province | |
83 | Mehdi Javanmardi | Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist | 27 Jan | Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province | |
84 | Chiako Ghorbeh | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 27 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
85 | Aliollah Veysi | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civil rights activist, former political prisoner | 27 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Summoned and interrogated |
86 | Barzan Maleki | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Religious activist | 27 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
87 | Hiwa Amini | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 29 Jan | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | |
88 | Ali Rasoulian | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 29 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | |
89 | Vahab Khediripour | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 29 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | |
90 | Rahman Rahimpour | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | Former political prisoner | 29 Jan | Saqqez, Kurdistan Province | |
91 | Mohyeddin Khaledian | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | 29 Jan | Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province | |
92 | Bafrin Mahmoudi | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 30 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | |
93 | Anvar Kurd | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 30 Jan | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | |
94 | Keyvan Niknam | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | 30 Jan | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province |
Name | From | Type of Activity | Charges Against | Sentence | Date of Sentence | Issuing Court | Explanation | |
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1 | Salam Azari | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | Membership in one of the Kurdish parties in opposition of the Iranian government, propaganda against the state | 1 year and 6 months imprisonment | Early Jan | Branch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad | |
2 | Mohammad Aminifar | Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | Membership in one of the Kurdish parties in opposition of the Iranian government, propaganda against the state | 29 months imprisonment | Early Jan | Branch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad | |
3 | Pakhshan Azizi | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province | Social worker | Armed insurrection (Baghi), membership of opposition groups | Death sentence upheld | 8 Jan | Branch 39 of Supreme Court | |
4 | Bahman Naderi | Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province | Civilian | Insulting officials and officers | 6 months imprisonment | 8 Jan | Branch 105 of Kermanshah Criminal Court Two | |
5 | Farid Badidast | Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province | Civilian | Collaboration with one of the Kurdish parties in opposition of the Iranian government, propaganda against the state | 20 months imprisonment | 9 Jan | Branch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj | |
6 | Hiwa Bahman | Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province | Civilian | Propaganda against the state | 6 months imprisonment | 15 Jan | Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two | |
7 | Azhdar Piri Sarmanlou | Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province | Media activist | Propaganda against the state | 1 year imprisonment and 2-year ban on social media activities | Mid Jan | Islamic Revolutionary Court in Karaj | Editor-in-Chief of the international monthly journal of Nations Research |