Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has launched a new section of its database of political and religious prisoners, marking the 10th anniversary of the organisation's founding. Known as "Hiwa", the initiative aims to document the cases of Kurdish political and religious prisoners and detainees in Iran. In its initial phase, Hiwa features the names and details of more than 100 individuals, providing an overview of...

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilian Soleyman Choupani during a raid on his home in the village of Gerd Kashaneh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 September. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Ministry of Intelligence raided Choupani's home and arrested him without a warrant. Choupani's current whereabouts and the charges against him remain unknown. The arrest comes at a time of heightened...

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilian Saadoun Sharifi on 4 September in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, as part of a wider wave of arrests targeting Kurdish civilians ahead of the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Sharifi was arrested without a warrant after security forces raided his family's home in the village of Gard Aseh in Piranshahr and taken to an undisclosed location,...

Four Kurdish civilians from Mahabad and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province have been arrested by security forces in recent days and taken to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that on 4 September, Loghman Zangi and his son Siamand Zangi were arrested in the village of Kani Sorkh, while Diako Azizi was arrested in the village of Bab Khalawi, both...

Security forces have arrested Kurdish singer Omid Ahmadnezhad in an early morning raid on his family home in the village of Qojibad in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Ahmadnezhad, 35, was arrested without a warrant and taken to an undisclosed location. The authorities have not disclosed the charges against Ahmadnezhad or his current whereabouts.