Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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...

A 24-year-old Kurdish man, Moein Tofighpour, from the village of Choman in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards while travelling in his private vehicle near the village on 14 May. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border forces opened fire on the civilian's car without warning, resulting in his death. The shooting occurred despite the fact that Tofighpour...

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...

Four Kurdish civilians, Soleyman Salek, Osman Delsouz, Hazhar Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, have been collectively sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison by the Criminal Court Two of Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of "membership of a group or organisation with the aim of disturbing national security". Salek, 71, from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, while Khezrzadeh,...

Iranian security forces arrested four Kurdish civilians in the cities of Oshnavieh and Shahin Dej in West Azerbaijan Province on 11 May and took them to undisclosed locations, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Loghman Haji-Khosh, a civilian from the village of Kohneh Qaleh in Oshnavieh, was summoned by telephone to the Ministry of Intelligence in the city before being arrested. At the same...