Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kamran Sheikheh, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience sentenced to death, was today transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, raising concerns about the imminent execution of his sentence. The transfer came a day after one of his co-defendants, Khosrow Besharat, was executed after spending two weeks in solitary confinement in the same facility. Over the past few months, six of Sheikheh's...

Authorities in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Ilam Central Prison in Ilam Province have executed at least five prisoners in the past two days. Prisoners Sirous Hayatbini, Mohammad Karim Fazeli and Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, were executed this morning in Ghezel Hesar Prison. They had been transferred to solitary confinement the day before in preparation...

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Khosrow Besharat was executed this morning in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after 14 years in prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Besharat was transferred to solitary confinement on 1 May at the same time as the execution of his cousin and co-defendant, Anvar Khezri, and was held in a solitary cell until his execution. Five of...

Three prisoners convicted of drug-related offences were executed today in Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province. The prisoners, identified as Abdollah Hassanzadeh, Hassan Choupani and Hassan Arabi, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 7 May. Arabi, from the village of Anbi in Orumiyeh, had been arrested about three years ago and sentenced to death for "drug trafficking". Similarly, Choupani, from the village of Shahrestan in...

Iranian authorities executed prisoner Hassan Moharrer on 7 May for drug-related offences in Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 6 May. Moharrer, from the village of Lerni in the Tirgavar region of Orumiyeh, had been sentenced to death for drug trafficking around five years ago. At the same time,...