Iran today executed prisoner Ahad Hashemi on drug-related charges at Hamadan Central Prison in Hamadan Province.
Hashemi, from Harsin, Kermanshah Province, was moved to solitary confinement for execution on 7 August.
Hashemi was arrested around seven years ago and sentenced to death by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Hamadan.
Sina Rostampour, a young kolbar from Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was shot dead today by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Baneh. The...
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Sina Rostampour, a young kolbar from Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was shot dead today by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Baneh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rostampour was killed in the early hours of the morning after being shot at close range without warning in the mountainous region of Sourkev. Rostampour was the father of a young child.
The Supreme Court has rejected the request for a retrial of Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner with Turkish citizenship, upholding his death sentence. Ozdemir was sentenced to death in May by Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh, on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). In September 2024, Branch Nine of the Supreme Court...
Iranian military-security forces have imposed a heightened security atmosphere in several cities, including Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, in the run-up to Newroz, preventing the celebrations from taking place. As part of this crackdown, at least six Kurdish civilians - identified as Matin (Behzad) Choupani, Abuobakr Khatami, Hadi Jamei, Masoud Khezri, Salman Pasang, and Foad Keshavarz, a singer and artist - have been arrested without warrants...
Four Kurdish civilians from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, Mohammad-Mirza Rahmani, Musa Tabei, Jabbar Ebrahimi and Hemin Ebrahimi, have been provisionally released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison. On 13 March, Rahmani and Tabei were released on bail of three billion rials (nearly 3,500 USD). On 15 March, Jabbar Ebrahimi and Hemin Ebrahimi were also released on bail of three billion rials after spending 18 days in detention. The...
A group of political and civil rights activists have issued a statement condemning the death sentence handed down to Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi) and urging action against state executions in Iran. They have called on all those opposed to the death penalty, regardless of political affiliation, to take action against such inhumane sentences and to ensure that these state executions do not...