Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Hadi Rostami, a prisoner sentenced to amputation, was placed in solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 27 September after being beaten by guards following an altercation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Prison officials ordered Rostami’s transfer after guards raided Dormitory 2 of the prison and searched inmates' personal belongings. Two officers, identified as Sina Sougoli and Salar Mohammadi, argued with Rostami, leading...

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 September to 30 September. The restrictive environment for independent human rights...

Kurdish Sunni cleric Mohammad Khezrnezhad, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for his involvement in the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom, has ended a 12-day hunger strike in protest at his treatment by the authorities, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.  Khezrnejad, who was sentenced to death in November 2023 by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, saw...

The Ministry of Intelligence has banned family visits to Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence in Yazd Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.    Jalalian, who is in her 17th year behind bars, has only seen her family once since being transferred to the facility four years ago.  Additionally, on 26 September, suffering from severe pain in...

Iranian authorities executed Kam-Bakhsh Mahmoudi, a man convicted of "premeditated murder", on 25 September in Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Mahmoudi, 34, from the city of Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, was arrested two years ago and sentenced to death. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), at least seven Kurdish prisoners have been executed in Iranian prisons over the past...