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Supreme Court to review Yarsani political prisoner’s death sentence

Lawyers representing Reza Rasaei, a political prisoner sentenced to death, have successfully raised objections leading to the referral of his case to the Supreme…

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Kurdish artists detained after memorial for late artist Taher Khalili

Security services in Sardasht and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province have summoned and detained some Kurdish artists who held a memorial ceremony for the…

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Iran sentences Kurdish language teacher, activist to 11 years in prison

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced Seyvan Ebrahimi, a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the…

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Iran border forces fatally shoot young kolbar in Baneh

Ahwan Dashti, a 28-year-old kolbar from the Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was killed by gunfire from Iranian border forces in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area…

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Monthly Report of November 2023

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

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Iran court sentences injured protester to over five years in prison

Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad, a protester who suffered an eye injury during the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom, has been sentenced to five years and…

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Five Kurdish prisoners of conscience at imminent risk of execution

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj,…

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Two more prisoners executed for murder-related charges in Ilam

At the same time as the execution of Shahram Mohammad-Beygi in Ilam Central Prison on 28 November, two other prisoners, Ali-Agha Mohammadi and Nasser…

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Iran executes Kurdish prisoner of conscience after 14 years in prison

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Ayoub Karimi was executed today after 14 years in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. On 21 November, Karimi…

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Iran court sentences Sunni Kurdish cleric to 16 months in jail

The Special Clerical Court in Hamadan, in north-west Iran, has sentenced Sunni Kurdish cleric Hossein Ali-Moradi to 16 months in prison. Ali-Moradi, who is…

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Iran executes three prisoners for charges related to drugs, murder

Prisoners Eghbal Fathollahi, Mohsen Emraei, and Shahram Mohammad-Beygi were executed today on charges related to “drug trafficking” and “premeditated murder” in Ghezel Hesar Prison…

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