Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou has been sentenced to death after being tortured into confessing to involvement in clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Iranian border guards. Hosseinnejad Heidaranlou, 39, from the village of Segrik in Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, was sentenced to death in mid-July by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of...

Prisoners Farzollah Nasiri and Hamzeh Shahbazi, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Nasiri, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, and Shahbazi, from Tehran, were both previously convicted on drug charges. Shahbazi was imprisoned several years ago, while Nasiri was arrested...

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...