Authorities at Qazvin Central Prison today executed Felit Abedi, a 55-year-old man from the village of Berasb in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, for drug trafficking.
Abedi was arrested on drug-related charges in Qazvin about three years ago and subsequently sentenced to death.
Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh has entered the 12th day of a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison, in West Azerbaijan Province, raising concerns...
Read MoreOsman Esmaeili, a 64-year-old Kurdish labour activist, is being denied access to specialised medical care and leave due to opposition from the Ministry of...
Read MoreSix Kurdish civilians from the village of Pasveh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, were imprisoned on 24 April for their involvement in the anti-government...
Read MoreFarzad Khademi, a prisoner convicted of “premeditated murder”, was executed today in Saqqez Prison, in Kurdistan Province. He was transferred to solitary confinement on...
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Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh has entered the 12th day of a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison, in West Azerbaijan Province, raising concerns over his deteriorating physical condition, according to his mother, Nazdar Roudsaz. In a video message, Roudsaz revealed that her son had been subjected to torture in recent days, including beatings by prison guards after his hands and feet were tied. Rashouzadeh was...
Osman Esmaeili, a 64-year-old Kurdish labour activist, is being denied access to specialised medical care and leave due to opposition from the Ministry of Intelligence, raising concerns over his deteriorating health. Esmaeili, who has been imprisoned since November 2023, suffers from a number of health problems, including a hernia and spinal stenosis. A doctor accredited by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organisation in Kurdistan Province has warned...
Six Kurdish civilians from the village of Pasveh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, were imprisoned on 24 April for their involvement in the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in 2022. The individuals, identified as Ehsan Golabi, Aram Khaledi-Nasab, Alireza Mohammadi Arshad, Esmaeil Tajalla, Hiwa Mahmoudi, and Mohammad Ebrahimi, were initially arrested on 27 September 2022, and detained at the Ministry of Intelligence detention facility...
Farzad Khademi, a prisoner convicted of "premeditated murder", was executed today in Saqqez Prison, in Kurdistan Province. He was transferred to solitary confinement on 23 April in preparation for his execution. Khademi, from of Saqqez, was arrested in July 2020 and sentenced to death under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind, which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate.
Matin Hassani, a 23-year-old Kurdish civilian who was injured in the eye during anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in November 2019, has been called to appear before the Branch One of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in the city on charges of "propaganda against the state". The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Hassani received the summons on 18 April...