Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Mostafa Rostami, a Kurdish civilian from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Rostami and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the Public and...

Arrest Mohsen Esfandiari-Tabar, a 38-year-old navy lieutenant colonel, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 29 July as he left his family home in Tehran, and a few hours later informed his wife by telephone that he was being transferred to Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. He had previously been summoned and threatened by the security services in connection with the...

Arrest Maria Khani, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at her family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Khani and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Lotfollah Parviz, a 48-year-old teacher, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, on 13 August 2024 and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. He had previously been summoned and threatened by the security services in connection with the Newroz celebrations in Gilan-e Gharb. On...

Arrest Jahangir Azadi, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Azadi and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Hamidreza Rahimian, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Rahimian and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Salman Parvan, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Parvan and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Arash Olfati, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e-Gharb in Kermanshah Province and resident of Hamadan in Hamadan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Hamadan on 15 August. He was subsequently transferred to an IRGC Intelligence detention facility in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant's Rights Following the arrest of Olfati and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi,...