Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Taregh Nazari, a kolbar from Salas-e Babajani in Kermanshah Province, was killed by direct fire from Iranian border guards on the evening of 2 October in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The 39-year-old father of three was shot without warning and at close range while working as a kolbar. The incident took place when Iranian border...

Iranian authorities have executed Fazlollah Pour-Nasiri, a prisoner from Kuhdasht, Lorestan Province, who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Pour-Nasiri, who was arrested about three and a half years ago, was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September and executed this morning. Another prisoner, Hamzeh Shahbazi, was also...

Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou has been sentenced to death after being tortured into confessing to involvement in clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Iranian border guards. Hosseinnejad Heidaranlou, 39, from the village of Segrik in Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, was sentenced to death in mid-July by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of...

Prisoners Farzollah Nasiri and Hamzeh Shahbazi, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 30 September for execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Nasiri, from Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, and Shahbazi, from Tehran, were both previously convicted on drug charges. Shahbazi was imprisoned several years ago, while Nasiri was arrested...

Hadi Rostami, a prisoner sentenced to amputation, was placed in solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 27 September after being beaten by guards following an altercation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Prison officials ordered Rostami’s transfer after guards raided Dormitory 2 of the prison and searched inmates' personal belongings. Two officers, identified as Sina Sougoli and Salar Mohammadi, argued with Rostami, leading...