Kurdistan Human Rights Network

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran. This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 November to 30 November. The restrictive environment for independent human rights...

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 six months in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. The charges against him include "acting against national security" through his alleged "membership" of a Kurdish opposition party and engaging in "propaganda against the state". This sentence follows...

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after spending 14 years in prison on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz). The executions of two of their co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi on 5 and 29 November, respectively, have sparked concerns about the...

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 Maghsoudi, were also executed in the same facility, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Both had previously been sentenced to death on charges of "premeditated murder". On 28 November, the KHRN reported that Mohammad-Beygi had been executed in Ilam Cental...

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Ayoub Karimi was executed today after 14 years in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. On 21 November, Karimi was transferred to solitary confinement for execution. Karimi, along with six others – Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi and Ghassem Abasteh – had been sentenced to death on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz). Abasteh,...