Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces have arrested at least 14 Kurdish activists in the city of Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, and several surrounding villages in recent days and taken them to an undisclosed location. Those arrested include Yousef Haji Khosh, Rahim Rafati, Fakhraddin Modarresi, Omid Rashid-Pak, Arman Ebrahimi, Salah Ghazi, Hesamoddin Mahmoudi, Mowloud Rousta, Hassan Rasouli, Jafar Rasouli, Mohammad Soltanpour, Ghafour Sheikh-Mohammadi, Hadi Lawa and Ako Ebrahimi. Hadi Lawa,...

Iranian border guards shot dead Jalal Sohrabi, a 40-year-old kolbar, in the Sourkev region of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 2 May, marking the second such incident within 24 hours. Sohrabi, a father of two from the village of Tajan in Baneh, was shot when border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars at close range and without warning, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)...

Hemin Ahmadi, a 45-year-old kolbar, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards in the Bastam border area of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 1 May. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Ahmadi, a father of one from Saqqez, was shot when a group of kolbars were targeted by border guards at close range and without warning.

Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Sardab border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 21 April, killing kolbar Shwana Ahmadpour. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards targeted the group of kolbars at close range and without warning. Two other kolbars were reportedly injured in the shooting and have been taken to a medical facility...

Seyvan Dast-Afkan, a 31-year-old kolbar, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards on 17 April at the Tateh Pass in the Hawraman region of Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the incident occurred when Dast-Afkan and a group of kolbars were targeted by border guards at close range and without warning. Dast-Afkan was a father of one and was from...