Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kamran Sheikheh, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience sentenced to death, was today transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, raising concerns about the imminent execution of his sentence. The transfer came a day after one of his co-defendants, Khosrow Besharat, was executed after spending two weeks in solitary confinement in the same facility. Over the past few months, six of Sheikheh's...

A young kolbar from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, identified as Vahed Ghaderpour, was fatally shot today by border guards in the Hengeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The incident took place early this morning when a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area came under fire from border guards, resulting in Ghaderpour's death. Over the...

Authorities in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Ilam Central Prison in Ilam Province have executed at least five prisoners in the past two days. Prisoners Sirous Hayatbini, Mohammad Karim Fazeli and Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, were executed this morning in Ghezel Hesar Prison. They had been transferred to solitary confinement the day before in preparation...

A 24-year-old Kurdish man, Moein Tofighpour, from the village of Choman in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards while travelling in his private vehicle near the village on 14 May. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border forces opened fire on the civilian's car without warning, resulting in his death. The shooting occurred despite the fact that Tofighpour...

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Khosrow Besharat was executed this morning in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after 14 years in prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Besharat was transferred to solitary confinement on 1 May at the same time as the execution of his cousin and co-defendant, Anvar Khezri, and was held in a solitary cell until his execution. Five of...