Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Salim Zolgharneyn and Saber Zolgharneyn in the village of Hasan Nuran in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, on 3 July and took them to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the security forces raided the homes of the two civilians and arrested them without a warrant. On the same day, at least three other Kurdish civilians,...

Seyvan Ebrahimi, a Kurdish language teacher and board member of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, has been sent to Sanandaj Central Prison to serve an eight-month prison sentence. The activist was previously imprisoned in Sanandaj Central Prison on 30 December 2023 to serve a one-year sentence in another case and was later released on 24 June this year. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that...

Jasim Haseli, a professional Muay Thai and kickboxing champion, has been missing for a week after being released from interrogation by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Marivan, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Haseli was last seen on 27 June after several hours of interrogation and torture at the local headquarters of the IRGC's...

Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving her 17th year in Yazd Central Prison, has been transferred to the prison infirmary in recent weeks due to severe pain in her right side. Despite being examined by a general practitioner, she was returned to her ward without receiving specialised medical examinations or definitive treatment. In recent months, Jalalian has been suffering from severe pain in...

Kurdish labour activist Farhad Sheikhi has been sentenced to one year in prison and additional penalties by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Karaj, Alborz Province, on charges of "propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran". Sheikhi's trial took place on 2 October 2023, and he was informed of the verdict in recent days. According to the verdict, Sheikhi was sentenced to one...