Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) raided the home of Kurdish civilian Abdollah Gholizadeh in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, at noon on 30 November 2024, beating and arresting him and his son, Hemin Gholizadeh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that IRGC forces stormed the house without a warrant, searched the property and confiscated several personal belongings before physically...

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...

Kurdish civilians Amir Mohammad-Khani and Behzad Dadkhah have been arrested by security forces in recent days and taken to undisclosed locations. Mohammad-Khani, a civil rights activist and former political prisoner from Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence at his workplace in Divandarreh on 27 November. The activist was previously summoned and detained by the Ministry of Intelligence...

Hiwa Bahin, a Kurdish civilian from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by security forces on 24 November . The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Bahin was arrested following a summons to the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Bukan and was then taken to the organisation’s detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Despite repeated inquiries by his...

Shir-Ali Tarkesh-Band, a prisoner from Sahneh, Kermanshah Province, was executed for drug-related offences on 27 November in Lakan Prison in Rasht, Gilan Province. Tarkesh-Band, 55, was arrested about four years ago on drug trafficking charges and later sentenced to death.