Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The fate of Zahra Pir-Dehghan, a 32-year-old Kurdish woman from Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, remains unknown 45 days after her arrest. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned

Iranian border guards have shot dead Mohammad Towhid-Panah, a 25-year-old kolbar from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan

Kajal Mobaraki and her husband, Jamal Ahmadzadeh, two Kurdish researchers at Orumiyeh University of Medical Sciences, remain detained in Orumiyeh Central Prison more than six weeks after their arrest

Three kolbars, Goran Khedri, Hassan Mostafazadeh and Bakhtiyar Amini, have been severely injured in recent days by Iranian border guards’ gunfire and a landmine explosion in the Hangeh-ye Zhal

Security forces have arrested at least seven Kurdish citizens – Jamal Rostami, Saman Khosravi, Hawre Parvazeh, Arya Maroufi, Zanyar Asvar, Peshtiwan Tatar, and Saro Roshani – in Marivan and

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces have shot dead Seyyed Ahmad Esmaeili, a Kurdish man from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, and refused to hand over his body to his family. The

Iranian border guards have shot dead Madeh Kermani, a 44-year-old kolbar and father of two, at close range in the border areas of Marivan, Kurdistan Province. Kermani was carrying no goods when he

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

Farzad Sobhani, a 21-year-old prisoner from Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan Province, has been executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison on murder-related charges. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has

Iranian courts have sentenced at least nine Kurdish citizens from Bojnurd and Ashkhaneh in North Khorasan Province, including two children, to prison terms, flogging and fines in connection with the