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, Kurdistan province, and Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province.

These include the secret execution of the Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani and five other executions over premeditated murder charges.

These are the cases on which the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed through its sources. But the number of those executed is likely to be higher.

NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1Sivan HosseiniShian village of SanandajPremeditated murder11 DecemberSanandaj Central Prison35-year-old, arrested 4 years ago
2Heydar GhorbaniKamyaranArmed insurrection by membership in KDPI19 DecemberSanandaj Central PrisonSecretly executed without informing family or lawyer
3Moghaddam AlizadehUnknownPremeditated murder31 DecemberOrumiyeh Central Prison
4Hossein AbbaszadehUnknownPremeditated murder31 DecemberOrumiyeh Central Prison
5Hamdollah AlemiUnknownPremeditated murder31 DecemberOrumiyeh Central Prison
6Feizollah GhorbaniUnknownPremeditated murder31 DecemberOrumiyeh Central Prison

Femicide

On 5 December, Sahar Moradi, a young mother of two children was beaten to death by her brothers in Sanandaj.

NameLocationDateExplanation
1Sahar MoradiBaba Riz village of Sanandaj5 DecemberMother of two, 32-years-old, beaten to death by brothers

Kolbars and Tradesmen

At least 4 Kurdish civilians were injured working as kolbars in the first third of December.

Two of these kolbars were injured following shootings by Iranian border forces in the country’s western borders.

One kolbar fell from mountain heights and another was injured in a landmine explosion.

NameFromIncident locationIncident dateDead/injuredExplanation
1Yaghoub GalinehGalineh village of SardashtDolabi border of Sardasht2 DecemberInjuredShot by border forces
2GhobadKuzaranNowsud border areas7 DecemberInjuredFell from height
3Zahed GhadernezhadBani Hu village of Selas-e BabajaniNowsud border areas9 DecemberInjuredShot by border forces
4Karim GhaderiSabadlu village of BanehBaneh border areasEarly DecemberInjuredLandmine explosion

Landmine Explosions

In December, landmine blasts killed two and injured three civilians in Iranian Kurdistan.

Reportedly, one of the civilians who lost his life was a 10-year-old child from Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah province.

NameLocation of IncidentDate of incidentStatusDescription
1Karim GhaderiBaneh borderEarly DecemberInjuredKolbar
2UnknownParvizkhan border of Qasr-e Shirin11 DecemberInjuredExplosion on a hill at Parvizkhan border
3UnknownFarah Abad village of Dehloran12 DecemberInjuredFrom the nomads of the region
4Amir Reza Rezaei-MajdDehloran26 DecemberDead10-year-old, from Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah province
5Ebrahim BahremandPenjwin, Kurdistan Region of Iraq26 DecemberDeadShepher in the villages of Penjwin

Worker Accidents

During December, at least two workers lost their lives in work accidents.

NameLocation of incidentDate of incidentDead/injuredDescription
1Soheib RahbariPaveh11 DecemberDeadFalling in a rock crushing machine, 30 years old, resident of Hajij village
2Ehsan KhosraviHawraman-e Takht20 DecemberDeadWorker in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, death due to electric shock and falling from a height

Detentions and Arrests

In the last month of the year, Iranian security forces detained at least 30 people, including a 16-year-old child, a cleric, an artist, a former political activist, and four activists in various cities across Iranian Kurdistan.

Six of these people were jailed in prisons in Mahabad, Marivan, and Bukan.

Four were detained for attending the funeral of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani and one for posting about him on social media.

NameDetention locationDetention dateActivityLocation held and latest status
1Ghassem AzizianMahabad1 DecemberCivilianDetained to serve 28 months in prison, taken to Mahabad Prison
2Shahram MangourMahabad1 DecemberChild16-year-old child, from Kani Rash village of Mahabad
3Saadi MenbariNiar village of Sanandaj5 DecemberCivilianReleased on bail
4Siamak MenbariNiar village of Sanandaj5 DecemberCivilianHeld at detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
5Zanko MasoudiMalqarani village of Saqqez5 DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
6Mohammad FadaviMalqarani village of Saqqez5 DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
7Rahmatollah SalehianMalqarani village of Saqqez5 DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
8Loghman MolaniMahabad7 DecemberCivilianUnknown
9Khoman AhmadiMahabad7 DecemberCivilianUnknown
10Bayazid JahangiriMahabad7 DecemberCivilianUnknown
11Jalal VafaeiBukan8 DecemberCivilianDetained to serve 5 months in prison, taken to Bukan Prison
12Mohammad NikpeyNey village of Marivan9 DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Marivan
13Farough NikpeyNey village of Marivan9 DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Marivan
14Mohammad Haji RasoulpourBukan9 DecemberCivilianDetained to serve 5 months in prison, taken to Bukan Prison
15Sherko TabnakBukan11 DecemberCivilianDetained to serve 5 months in prison, taken to Bukan Prison
16Kazhal NasriSanandaj12 DecemberCivil rights activistTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
17Farhang EyvaziSanandaj12 DecemberCivil rights activistTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj
18Zana KasraeiMarivan14 DecemberCivilianDetained to serve one year in prison, taken to Marivan Prison
19Sarhang AbdollahzadehNaqadeh19 DecemberCivilianUnknown
20Farzin AbdollahzadehNaqadeh19 DecemberCivilianUnknown
21Amanj GhorbaniKamyaran21 DecemberEnviromental activistDetained for attending funeral of executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
22Pouria JavadiIlam21 DecemberCivilianUnknown
23Maryam HaghgouIlam21 DecemberCivilianUnknown
24Karim PourmohammadPiranshahr21 DecemberCivilianUnknown
25Mohammad Mirza RahmaniKamyaran22 DecemberClericDetained for attending funeral of executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
26Borhan KamangarKamyaran23 DecemberFormer political prisonerDetained for attending funeral of executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
27Sirvan GhorbaniKamyaran23 DecemberCivil activistDetained for attending funeral of executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
28Kianoush RahmaniKamyaran27 DecemberCivilianDetained for posting on executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
29Peiman RahmaniPavehLate DecemberCivilianTaken to detention centre of Ministry of Intelligence in Kermanshah
30Khaled KarimniaSaqqez28 DecemberArtistDetained to serve one month in prison

Prison Sentences

In December, the Criminal Courts of Mahabad and Bukan sentenced four individuals to various prison sentences.
While two were charged with “aiding and abetting the murder of a member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”, two others were accused of “acting against national security”.

NameResident ofCharged withDate sentencedIssuing courtSentenceExplanation
1Sherko AgoushiPiranshahrAiding and abetting murder of a member of IRGCLate DecemberBranch 103 of Criminal Court of Mahabad10 years and one day in prisonEnvironmental activist
2Hossein Alvand-KouhiMahabadAiding and abetting murder of a member of IRGCLate DecemberBranch 103 of Criminal Court of Mahabad10 years and one day in prisonCurrently held in Naqadeh Prison
3Kamal AbbasivandBukanActing against national securityLate DecemberBranch 101 of Criminal Court of Bukan6 months in prisonCurrently held in Naqadeh Prison
4Sherko AhmadpouriBukanActing against national securityLate DecemberBranch 101 of Criminal Court of Bukan6 months in prison