Prisoner Obaid Mahmoudi was executed for murder-related charges in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, on 13 December.
The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for execution in recent days.
Mahmoudi, a father of one child from the village of Quri Qaleh in Ravansar, Kermanshah Province, was arrested and sentenced to death in October 2021 on charges of “premeditated murder” of a woman.
Four prisoners, including two women, were executed in Ilam Central Prison on 3 December, after being convicted of “premeditated murder” in separate cases. The...
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Four prisoners, including two women, were executed in Ilam Central Prison on 3 December, after being convicted of “premeditated murder” in separate cases. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the individuals - Farideh Jafarzadeh, Aliyeh Kavarizadeh, Hassan Hassan-Beygi and Abdol-Vahab Babakhaniyan - were transferred to solitary confinement on 2 December in preparation for their executions. All four were sentenced to death after being...
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...