Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Yousef Haji-Khosh, a member of the Central Council and Executive Committee of the Kurdish United Front, was released on bail from Oshnavieh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province on 30 May after one

Peyman Rahmanpour, a 21-year-old man from the village of Khorkhoreh in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, has been killed by a landmine near the village. Rahmanpour died on 7 May, after triggering a

Mohammad-Taghi Shah-Veysi, a Kurdish prisoner from Kermanshah Province, has been executed at Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison) after being convicted of “premeditated

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 citizens in different regions and

Kurdish political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh has been executed in secret at Orumiyeh Central Prison, without any notification to his family or defence lawyers. Security bodies have refused to

Iranian authorities secretly executed prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, a Kurdish Sunni, and Yaghoub Karimpour, an Azerbaijani Turkic Yarsan citizen with a disability, at Orumiyeh Central Prison in the

Concerns have mounted over the imminent execution of death row prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, Yaghoub Karimpour, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, following their transfer from Orumiyeh Central Prison to

Three prisoners sentenced to death at Orumiyeh Central Prison – Nasser Bakerzadeh, Yaghoub Karimpour, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh – were abruptly and separately transferred this morning to

Maryam Hodavand, a woman held in Evin Prison following her arrest during the December 2025/January 2026 uprising, has been sentenced to death by a Tehran revolutionary court in connection with a

Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner under sentence of death at Orumiyeh Central Prison, has been transferred to solitary confinement after objecting to a guard who verbally abused the