MULTIMEDIA

Four Kurdish civilians released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison

Four Kurdish civilians from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, Mohammad-Mirza Rahmani, Musa Tabei, Jabbar Ebrahimi and Hemin Ebrahimi, have been provisionally released on bail from Sanandaj…

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Activists call for action against death sentence for Verisheh Moradi

A group of political and civil rights activists have issued a statement condemning the death sentence handed down to Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi…

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Kurdish prisoner assaulted by officials in Orumiyeh Central Prison

Kurdish prisoner Javid Halimian, who has been imprisoned for five years, was beaten on the morning of 15 March by Mohammad-Amin Seyfzadeh, the head…

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Iran executes four prisoners for murder-related charges in Orumiyeh

Prisoners Mozhgan Azar-Pisheh, Kosar Baghernezhad, Arshad Farzadband and Hamed Faraji were executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 16 March for “premeditated murder”. The four…

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Kurdish tradesman, family members shot by Iran border guards

Iranian border guards shot and wounded Kurdish tradesman Ayran Karami and his relatives Golaleh Mohammadi and Mahmoud Karami on 14 March near the village…

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Heavy security presence as Iran tries to prevent Newroz in Kurdish cities

Iranian military and security forces have intensified efforts to prevent Newroz celebrations in Kurdish cities, setting up checkpoints and deploying heavily armed units in…

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Fate of four Kurdish women activists unknown after arrest by Ministry of Intelligence

The whereabouts of Kurdish women activists Leyla Pashaei, Soheyla Motaei, Soma Mohammad-Rezaei and Baran Saedi, who were arrested by agents of the Ministry of…

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Three prisoners given one month to avoid amputation sentence

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian, all sentenced to amputation, have been given one month to obtain the consent of the plaintiff…

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Iran arrests four Kurdish women activists after Women’s Day events

Ministry of Intelligence forces arrested four Kurdish women activists on 10 March reportedly linked to International Women’s Day events in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Leyla…

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Teachers’ union activist released on bail after being formally charged

Abdollah Rezaei, a teachers’ union activist from Harsin, Kermanshah Province, has been temporarily released on bail after being formally charged in connection with his…

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Kurdish activist arrested without warrant in Sanandaj

Ministry of Intelligence forces today arrested Kurdish civil rights activist Baran Saedi without a warrant in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and took her to an…

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