Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the detained sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has entered the eighth day of a hunger strike in solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison. Hassanzadeh, who was detained by security forces on 30 July as her family prepared to celebrate the birthday of her late brother Mohammad, began the hunger...

Iranian authorities executed Nasser Geravand, a prisoner from Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, on drug-related charges on 10 August in Parsiloun Prison in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province. Geravand was arrested several years ago and subsequently sentenced to death for drug-related offences. In the past three weeks, at least six prisoners from Kuhdasht have been executed in various prisons across Iran, including Bandar Abbas Prison, Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj,...

Ali Rasouli, a 32-year-old kolbar from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards in the Dopazeh border area of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, on 11 August. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rasouli was shot when border guards fired at a group of kolbars at close range and without warning. Rasouli, a father of one, was originally from the...

Farhad Pezhwan, a Kurdish prisoner serving a life sentence at Orumiyeh Central Prison, has been transferred to solitary confinement after being severely beaten by the prison’s internal director. The incident has sparked unrest among the inmates, who are now demanding the director's dismissal. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Mohammad Fatemi, the newly appointed internal director, and Seyfollahzadeh, the head of Ward 4,...

Rizgar Khelkani, a kolbar from Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, was severely injured on 8 August after Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards fired pellet guns at the kolbars at close range and without warning. The incident left Khelkani seriously injured,...