Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Susan Hassanzadeh, a civil rights activist and Kurdish language teacher, has been sent to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve a three-month prison sentence. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Hassanzadeh was summoned to the Police Station No. 11 in Bukan under the pretext of addressing a complaint but was arrested upon her arrival and handed over to the Enforcement of Judgements Office...

Security forces have arrested four Kurdish civilians, Hossein Firouzi, Hiwa Feyzi, Soran Yousefi and Hamid Azizi, in recent days and transferred them to undisclosed locations. The detainees, from Saqqez, Bukan, and Kamyaran, remain without access to legal counsel or family visits. On 2 December, Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested Feyzi and Firouzi , both from the village of Molanava in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Feyzi was arrested while...

Four prisoners, including two women, were executed in Ilam Central Prison on 3 December, after being convicted of “premeditated murder” in separate cases. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the individuals - Farideh Jafarzadeh, Aliyeh Kavarizadeh, Hassan Hassan-Beygi and Abdol-Vahab Babakhaniyan - were transferred to solitary confinement on 2 December in preparation for their executions. All four were sentenced to death after being...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) raided the home of Kurdish civilian Abdollah Gholizadeh in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, at noon on 30 November 2024, beating and arresting him and his son, Hemin Gholizadeh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that IRGC forces stormed the house without a warrant, searched the property and confiscated several personal belongings before physically...

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