Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killed at least 15 civilians in public protests in Iranian Kurdistan from 19 to 21 November.

The total number of Kurdish civilians killed in the protests across Iran has reached 98 people.

After more than two months since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic of Iran, popular protests continue in various cities.

In recent days, many cities of Kurdistan were the scene of general strikes of local shops and businesses, as well as widespread public protests.

Military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran continued to violently suppress popular protests, for three days from 19 to 21 November 2022.

During this period, at least 15 Kurdish civilians were killed in Javanrud, Piranshahr, Sanandaj, Dehgolan, and Bukan.

Also, reports indicate that hundreds have been detained and many Kurdish civilians have been injured in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah and Ilam.

The condition and whereabouts of many detainees remain unknown. The physical condition of some of the injured is reported to be critical.

Sources of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) in Javanrud, Mahabad and Piranshahr reported that forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were widely present throughout these cities.

They described the level of violence against civilians as “very severe”.

In recent days, military convoys have been transferred to these cities from the provincial capitals.

Also, popular protests continued in other cities of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.

Meanwhile, undercover forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, attacked civilian houses, beat the residents, destroyed their properties and detained people.

According to the statistics collected by the KHRN, in the past week alone, the government’s military-security forces killed at least 39 Kurdish civilians during popular protests in the cities and villages of Kurdistan and other regions of Iran.

Since the beginning of the nationwide uprising after the government murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini, 98 Kurdish civilians, including 10 minors, have been killed by military-security forces.

Of the 97 civilians, 38 were killed in West Azerbaijan province (11 people in Mahabad, 12 people in Bukan, seven people in Piranshahr, four people in Orumiyeh, three people in Oshnavieh and one in Sardasht), 33 people in Kurdistan province (16 people in Sanandaj, five people in Saqqez, three people in Baneh, two people in Kamyaran, four people in Divandarreh, one person in Marivan and two in Dehgolan), 19 people in Kermanshah province (seven people in Javanrud, seven people in Kermanshah, three people in Eslamabad-e-Gharb, one person in Qasr-e Shirin and one in Salas-e Babajani), one person in Ilam province (Ilam), three people in Tehran province (two people in Tehran and one person in Varamin), one person in Razavi Khorasan province (Quchan), one person in Qazvin province (Qazvin) and one person in Alborz province (Karaj).

In addition, during this period, three military attacks were launched by the Revolutionary Guards on 28 September, 14 November and 21 November on the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) and the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan-Iran in the territory of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

In these attacks, 20 members of these parties and their families were killed.

In the continuation of this report, first, the names and details of the 15 civilians who died in the last three days in Kurdistan. Then, the names and details of those who died in a period of more than two months are enlisted:

1. Masoud Teymouri, who was from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 21 November during public protests in Javanrud.
2. Tahsin Miri, from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 21 November during public protests in Javanrud.
3. Esmail Gol-Anbar, who was from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 21 November during the public protests in Javanrud.
4. Jawhar Fattahi, from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 21 November during popular protests in Javanrud.
5. Jalal Aazami, from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 21 November during popular protests in Javanrud.
6. Erfan Kakaei, a teacher from Javanrud, was shot dead by IRGC forces on 20 November during popular protests in Javanrud.
7. Bahaeddin Veysi, 16, a child from Javanrud, was killed by IRGC forces on 20 November during the public protests in Javanrud.
8. Mohsen Niyazi, 25, from Dehgolan, was killed by military-security forces on 20 November during the popular protests in Dehgolan.
9. Taher Azizi was from Piranshahr. He was killed by military-security forces on 20 November during the popular protests in Piranshahr.
10. Soleiman Shokri was severely injured in the head by the shooting of military-security forces on 17 November, during the Bukan public protests. He died three days later on 20 November in a hospital in Orumiyeh.
11. Jalal Ghorbani, was killed by IRGC forces during the popular protests in Piranshahr on 20 November.
12. Karvan Ghader Shokri, 16, was from Piranshahr. He was injured in Piranshahr on 19 November and died in the hospital a day later.
13. Hossein Eid-Panah, an elderly civilian from Sanandaj, was killed by security forces on 19 November during the attack of military-security forces on Baharan neighbourhood in Sanandaj.
14. Habibollah Fathi, from Divandarreh, was killed by military-security forces during the public protests in Divandarreh on 19 November.
15. Foad Savari was from Divandarreh. He was killed by military-security forces during the public protests in Divandarreh on 19 November.
16. Omid Hassani, 20, was from Sanandaj. He was detained by the police forces on 17 November between Mohammadi Square and the passenger terminal of this city, while returning from the 40th ceremony for the victims of Sanandaj, and was taken to the detention centre in Davazdah-e-Farvardin Square. That same night, police officers took him unconscious to Tohid Hospital in Sanandaj. He died after one night due to severe injuries caused by baton blows and cerebral and internal bleeding.
17. Shahriar Mohammadi was from Bukan. He was wounded by the shooting of military-security forces during the popular protests of Bukan on 18 November and died after being transferred to the hospital of this city due to the severity of his injuries.
18. Kamal Ahmadpour was from Mahabad. He was killed by military-security forces on 18 November during the popular protests in Mahabad.
19. Mohammad Ahmadi Gagesh, 43, was from Mahabad. He was killed by IRGC forces on 18 November during the popular protests in Mahabad.
20. Amir Farasatishad was killed by military-security forces during the popular protests in Piranshahr on 18 November.
21. Mehran Rahmani was from Mahabad. He was wounded by security forces on 17 November during the popular protests in Mahabad. He died on 18 November after being transferred to Orumiyeh hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
22. Aram Habibi was from Sanandaj. He was shot and killed by plainclothes forces after celebrating the 40th anniversary of the deaths of four people in Sanandaj.
23. Shaho Bahmani, who was from Sanandaj, was shot dead by military-security forces on 17 November after holding the 40th ceremony of Sanandaj.
24. Abdolrahman Bakhtiari, 66, was a retired teacher from Mahabad. On 17 November during public protests in Saadi Mahabad Street, government uniformed forces shot at his car and shot him in the head.
25. Azad Hosseinpouri was killed by the Basij forces of the IRGC during the popular protests in Mahabad on 17 November.
26. Mostafa Shabani, 44, was a mentally disabled civilian from Bukan. He was shot by counter-insurgency forces from a few meters away while sitting in front of the door of his house during the Bukan public protests on 17 November and died after being sent to the hospital.
27. Ghafour Mowloudi was from Bukan. He was killed by military-security forces on 17 November during the Bukan public protests.
28. Hazhar Mam-Khosravi was from Bukan. He was killed by military-security forces on 17 November during the Bukan public protests.
29. Hiva Jan Jan was from Bukan. He was killed by military-security forces on 17 November during the Bukan public protests.
30. Amjad Enayati was from Bukan. He was killed by military-security forces on 17 November during the Bukan public protests.
31. Aso Ghaderi, 22, was from Sardasht. He was killed by military-security forces on 17 November during the Baneh public protests. He had gone to Baneh to visit his grandmother and was directly shot by the security forces in his car.
32. Salar Mojaver, 30, who was from Bukan, was killed on 16 November during popular protests in the Mirabad neighbourhood of Bukan by the shooting of military-security forces.
33. Mohammad Hasanzadeh, 28, was from Bukan. He was stabbed to death by Basij forces of the IRGC during popular protests in Bukan on 16 November.
34. As’ad Rahimi, 30, was from Bukan. He was killed by military-security forces on 16 November during the Bukan public protests.
35. Danyal Pabandi, 17, was from Saqqez. He was killed by military-security forces on 16 November during the public protests in Karimabad neighbourhood of Saqqez.
36. Borhan Karami, 32, was from Kamyaran. He was killed by military-security forces on 16 November during a public gathering in front of Foad Mohammadi’s family home in Kamyaran.
37. Foad Mohammadi, 38, who was from Kamyaran and the father of two children, was shot by IRGC forces on 15 November during public protests in Kamyaran and died after being transferred to Sina Hospital.
38. Zanyar Allahmoradi, 26, was from Sanandaj. He was shot by military-security forces from a close range on 15 November during public protests in the Kani Kuzaleh neighbourhood of Sanandaj and died an hour after being transferred to Tohid Hospital due to severe injuries and internal bleeding.
39. Isa Beiglari, 39, was from Sanandaj. He was killed on 15 November during public protests around Sanandaj Kurdistan University by direct fire from government military-security forces.
40. Saman Ghaderbeigi was from Bukan. He was shot by security forces during popular protests in Bukan on 15 November. A day after being sent to a medical centre in Orumiyeh, due to the severity of his injuries.
41. Hemin Hamzeh, 30 years old and father of two children, was killed by a bullet in his chest in a raid by border forces of Sardasht on the Boyuran village in Sardasht on 11 November.
42. Ardalan Ghassemi, 48, was from Gilan-e Gharb. He was shot dead by military-security forces while writing slogans on Tagh-e Bostan Boulevard in Kermanshah on 10 November. The officers took him to the Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah due to heavy bleeding, but they did not allow him to be operated on immediately. He passed away after a few hours. The security agencies received 16 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 500 USD – from the family in exchange for the return of Ghassemi’s body to his family. Also, the family was forced to sign a document stating that Ghassemi was shot by police officers while stealing a car.
43. Nasrin Ghaderi, who was from Marivan and a resident of Tehran, was killed with a baton during popular protests in Tehran. Ghaderi’s body was buried at night in Marivan under strict security measures on 5 November. Her father said, under the pressure of the security agencies, that the cause of his daughter’s death was a “fever seizure”.
44. Momen Zand-Karimi, 18, was from Sanandaj. He was killed by military-security forces on 2 November during public protests held at the Golshan intersection of the city. He was shot from close range and from behind with a shotgun. The security agents forced his family to bury their son’s body at night in the village of Machekeh.
45. Komar Daroftadeh, 16, was from Piranshahr. He was shot dead by military-security forces on 29 October during public protests in Piranshahr.
46. Dastan Rasoul, 31, was a civilian from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On 28 October, he was shot dead by IRGC forces on the border when he and another group of relatives of Motalleb Saeid Peyro were going from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Choman village in Baneh to participate in his funeral. Two other civilians from Iraqi Kurdistan were also injured as a result of the shooting.
47. Motalleb Saeid Peyro, 40, was from Baneh. He was shot and killed by anti-riot and Basij forces on 27 October during popular protests in Baneh on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
48. Esmaeil (Simko) Mowloudi, 35, was from Mahabad. He was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Mahabad on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
49. Kobra Sheikheh, 52, from Mahabad. She was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Mahabad on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
50. Zanyar Aboubakri was a resident of Mahabad. He was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Mahabad on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
51. Shaho Khezri was a resident of Mahabad. He was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Mahabad on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
52. Mohammad Shariati was from Sanandaj. He was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Sanandaj on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
53. Fereshteh Ahmadi, 32, was from Mahabad and a mother of two children. She was shot and killed by the military-security forces on 27 October during the protests in the city while she was on the roof of her house.
54. Masoud Ahmadzadeh was a resident of Mahabad. He was injured by the shooting of military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in the city. He died a day later due to the severity of his injuries.
55. Fereydoun Faraji, 28, was from Saqqez. He was shot and killed by military-security forces on 27 October during popular protests in Saqqez on the 40th day of the government’s murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini.
56. Afshin Asham, 28, was from Sorkhak-e Sanjabi village. He was killed by military-security forces on 26 October during popular protests in the city of Qasr-e Shirin.
57. Sarina Saedi, 16, was from Sanandaj. She was severely injured by baton blows from the military-security forces during the evening protests in the city’s Naysar neighbourhood on 26 October. The child was taken to Towhid Hospital in Sanandaj the next morning but died a few hours later due to the severity of her injuries. Her body was buried in Behesht-e Mohammadi cemetery in Sanandaj in the presence of only several members of her family at 02:00 local time on 28 October. Although during a forced appearance due to the pressure and threat of the security institutions on the state media in the Kurdistan province Saedi’s father stated the cause of his daughter’s death to be excessive use of drugs, in the following days, the mother and other family members denied this claim and forced confessions.
58. Mohammad Lotfollahi was a resident of Sanandaj. He was injured and arrested by the military-security forces during the popular protests on 26 October. While he was severely injured, IRGC forces took him to an undisclosed location in a van. On the morning of 27 October, the civilian was buried with the participation of some of his family members while the security forces were also present.
59. Alireza Hosseini was from Kermanshah and a resident of Tehran. He was killed on the evening of 19 October in a raid by security forces on his home in Tehran. The house, which was the residence of a number of migrant workers in Tehran, was raided on the suspicion of their participation in the protests and with the intention of arresting these people.
60. Sina Naderi, 23, was from Kermanshah. He was killed on 12 October during public protests in the Darreh Drezh neighbourhood of Kermanshah after being shot by IRGC agents and hit by two war bullets.
61. Armin Sayadi, 18, was from Dalahu and a resident of Kermanshah. He was shot by IRGC forces on 12 October during popular protests in the Darreh Drezh neighbourhood (Mahdiyeh) while he was driving in a private car. Two other passengers in the car were shot and severely injured and were taken to the hospital.
62. Aziz Moradi, from Sanandaj, was shot and killed by the military-security forces during popular protests in the city’s Naysar neighbourhood on 12 October.
63. Kamal Feqhi, from Bukan, was shot by military-security forces while on the roof of his house during the popular protests in the city on 12 October. He passed away after being taken to the hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
64. Ramin Karami, 31, was from Sarpol-e Zahab and a resident of Kermanshah. He was shot by the military-security forces on 12 October during popular protests in the city. His family was informed of his death eight days later.
65. Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, from Saqqez, was run over by an anti-riot vehicle on 12 October during the public protests in the Mehr-e Kouhdasht neighbourhood in Saqqez after he objected to the anti-riot forces destroying civilian vehicles. Eyewitnesses say that the anti-riot vehicle ran over his body for a second time to ensure that he was killed. Due to the pressure of the security agencies, his family stated that he had died in an accident.
66. Ramin Fatehi, 49, was from Sanandaj. He was arrested by the security forces along with his brother Wrya Fatehi on 12 October. Rad Fatehi, his sister, was also arrested a day later. On 21 October, the office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj summoned the family of Fatehi and informed them that he had committed suicide and lost his life in the detention centre of the ministry. The family and brother of Ramin Fatehi denied the intelligence ministry’s allegations, saying his brother was killed under torture. On the evening of 21 October, the body of the Kurdish civilian was secretly buried, without the presence of family members, in the Behesht-e Mohammadi cemetery in Sanandaj. Only one of his relatives was present to identify his body.
67. Arin Moridi was from Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province. He was wounded by security forces on 9 October during the protests in the city. He died the next day due to the severity of his injuries in a medical centre in Kermanshah.
68. Peyman Menbari, 25, was from Sanandaj. He was shot and killed by plainclothes officers on 8 October during the protests in the city.
69. Dariush Alizadeh was from Sanandaj. He was shot by the security forces during the protests on Sirous Street on 8 October.
70. Mohammad Amini, 33, was from Sanandaj. He was shot by security forces from a close range during protests in the city on the night of 8 October.
71. Yahya Rahimi, 31, was from Sanandaj. He was shot with a shotgun by plainclothes forces on 8 October over honking his car’s horn while he was driving on Taj Street.
72. Nima Shafaghdoust, 16, was from Orumiyeh. He was severely injured by dozens of shotgun shots fired by anti-riot forces during the protests in the city. The body of this child was handed over to his family on 5 October at Khomeini Hospital in Orumiyeh.
73. Mokhtar Ahmadi was from Marivan. He was killed by Iranian armed forces on 1 October during the protests in this city.
74. Esmaeil Dezvar, from Saqqez, was arrested on 28 September during the popular protests of the city and his body was taken to the city hospital on 10 October. The family of the Kurdish civilian, under the pressure of the security institutions, stated the cause of their child’s death was a “traffic accident”.
75. Ali Mozaffari, a 17-year-old Kurdish civilian from Quchan in Razavi Khorasan province. He was shot by anti-riot forces at close range during the popular protests in the city on on 22 September. While he was injured, he was severely beaten by some plainclothes officers. He was taken to the hospital by his friends but died after a few hours due to heavy bleeding.
76. Danesh Rahnema, 25, was from the Balu village of Orumiyeh. He was killed by Basij forces on 21 September during the protests held in his village.
77. Abdollah Mahmudpour, 16, was from the Balu village of Orumiyeh. He was killed by Basij forces on 21 September during the protests held in his village.
78. Amin Marefat, 16, was from Oshnavieh. He was killed by anti-riot forces on 21 September during protests in this city.
79. Milan Haghigi, 21, was from Oshnavieh. He was killed by anti-riot forces on 21 September during protests in this city.
80. Sadraddin Litani, 27, was from Piranshahr. He was killed by anti-riot forces on 21 September during protests in this city.
81. Mohsen Gheysari, 25, was from Ilam. He was killed by anti-riot forces on the Taleghani Street of Ilam on 21 September.
82. Amir Ali Fouladi (Anushirvan) was from Eslamabad-e Gharb. He was killed by the armed forces near the governorate building of Eslamabad-e Gharb on 21 September.
83. Saeid Mohammadi, 25, was from Eslamabad-e Gharb. He was killed by the armed forces near the governorate building of Eslamabad-e Gharb on 21 September.
84. Iman Mohammadi, 22, was from Eslamabad-e Gharb. He was killed by the armed forces near the governorate building of Eslamabad-e Gharb on 21 September.
85. Amir Hossein Basati, 16, was from Kermanshah. He was shot from a distance of a few meters and killed by anti-riot forces in Kermanshah on 21 September.
86. Mohammad Zarei was a civilian from Sonqor in Kermanshah province and was a resident of Qarchak-e Varamin. He was shot dead by armed forces on 21 September during the protests held in the Bagherabad neighbourhood of Qarchak-e Varamin.
87. Alireza Fathi, 22, was from Sonqor in Kermanshah province. He was killed by security forces on 21 September in Alvand industrial town in Qazvin.
88. Rouzbeh Khademian, 32, was from Sonqor in Kermanshah province and a resident of Karaj. He was killed by security forces on 21 September during the protests held in Karaj.
89. Abdolsalam Ghader Galvani, 32, was from Oshnavieh. He was shot by Iranian armed forces during the recent public protests on 21 September. He died on 26 September due to the severity of his injuries at Khomeini Hospital in Orumiyeh.
90. Minou Majidi, 63, was the mother of three children and came from Kermanshah. She was killed by anti-riot forces on Nobahar Street in this city on 20 September.
91. Reza Shahparnia, 23, was from Kermanshah. He was shot at by anti-riot forces in Kermanshah on 20 September. Dozens of shotgun shots hit his body and a bullet hit his heart. After two days, his body was handed over to his family and was buried in Kermanshah.
92. Farjad Darvishi, 23, was from the Balu village in Orumiyeh. He was shot and killed by anti-riot forces during a protest rally in the Valiasr neighbourhood of Orumiyeh on 20 September.
93. Zakariya Khiyal was a 16 years old child from Piranshahr. He was killed by anti-riot forces on the streets of Piranshahr on 20 September.
94. Samad Barginia, 52, was from Piranshahr. He was shot by Iranian armed forces during the recent public protests on 20 September. He died on 28 September due to the severity of his injuries at Khomeini Hospital in Orumiyeh.
95. Fereydoun Mahmoudi, 33, who was from Saqqez and the father of two children, was shot and killed by anti-riot forces on 19 September during protests in the city.
96. Reza Lotfi, who was from Dehgolan, was shot and killed by anti-riot forces on 19 September during protests in the city.
97. Mohsen Mohammadi was from Divandarreh and was wounded by anti-riot forces on 19 September during protests in the city. He died the next day due to the severity of his injuries in Kowsar Hospital in Sanandaj.
98. Foad Ghadimi, 39, was from Divandarreh and the father of two children. He was injured on 19 September during the popular protests in the city and died after being hospitalized for two days at Kowsar Hospital in Sanandaj.

In the IRGC missile and drone attacks on 28 September, 14 November and 21 November, eight members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan named Milad Pir-Saheb, Mohammad Khalili, Sherko Bartani, Osman Feyzeh, Omar Mahmudzadeh, Ayoub Honarvar, Rebwar Abdi, Aso Tavana and Behzad Eskat were killed.

Also, three people from the family members of these people named Hajar Zargeh, Reyhaneh Kanani (Shima) and Vanyar Rahmani lost their lives during the attacks.

In addition, nine members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) named Omid Nikdel, Ehsan Faraji, Arvin Sohrabi, Yadollah Nouri Sabet, Younes Ghiasi, Saeid Omidi, Kamran Rostami, Edris Amjadi and Sasan Shariati were killed.

Rehane Kanani was pregnant and the doctors were able to remove her baby before her mother died, but Vanyar Rahmani also died a day after her mother’s death.