Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Yazdan Ghanbari, a Kurdish Yarsani civilian from the village of Marzalan in Salas-e Babajani living in Kermanshah, was arrested on 19 October 2024 by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his home in the city. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status After being held...

Amir Seydi, a Kurdish civilian from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was injured by military-security forces' gunfire during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Arrest Seydi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran at his workplace in Mahabad on 20 August 2023 and taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. For 62 days, he was subjected to physical...

Arrest Sohrab Avizkan was arrested  by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 19 November 2022 during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. After his arrest, he was taken to the intelligence service’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was later transferred...

Arrest Mohammad Tadayyoni was arrested along with several other civil rights activists during a raid by dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence agents on Ashkan Fahim's residence in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 September 2023. The military-security forces violently broke down doors and windows to arrest him and others present at the scene. Tadayyoni was subjected to severe torture for one month in the...

Arrest Ashkan Fahim was arrested along with several other activists during a raid on his home in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, by dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence agents on 15 September 2023. The military-security forces forcibly arrested the activist after breaking down the doors and windows of his house. Fahim suffered bleeding injuries after being hit by the butt of a soldier's rifle. He was...

Arrest Pezhman Soltani was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 15 April 2023, along with several other civilians, during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. After his arrest, he was taken to the security service's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Soltani was held in solitary confinement for several months without the right to...

Arrest Ali Ghassemi (Soran Ghassemi) was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 15 April 2023, along with several other civilians, during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. After his arrest, he was taken to the security service's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Ghassemi was held in solitary confinement for several months without the...

Arrest Javanmard Mam-Khosravi was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 26 April 2023, along with several other civilians, during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. After his arrest, he was taken to the security service's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Mam-Khosravi was held in solitary confinement for several months without the right to...

Sakineh Parvaneh, a former political prisoner, was first arrested in the autumn of 2019 while residing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. During a security operation, she was detained by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Iranian consulate in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, during a visit with her family. She was then transferred to Iran, spending 10 days in detention centres in Marivan and...