Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Yazdan Ghanbari, a Kurdish Yarsani civilian from the village of Marzalan in Salas-e Babajani living in Kermanshah, was arrested on 19 October 2024 by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his home in the city. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status After being held...

Arrest Hassan Hassanzadeh, a Kurdish civilian from Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, was summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in the city on 25 December 2024 and subsequently arrested. At the same time, his son-in-law, Ebrahim Gol-Anbar, was also arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence near Bisotun, Kermanshah Province, while returning from Tehran. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access...

Ebrahim Gol-Anbar is the brother of Esmail Gol-Anbar, who was killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Javanrud, Kermanshah Province. Arrest Gol-Anbar was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence near Bisotun, Kermanshah Province, while returning from Tehran on 25 December 2024 and taken to the Meydan-e Naft detention facility in Kermanshah. At the same time, Hassan Hassanzadeh, his father-in-law from the village of Chamanzar in...

Hamid Enayati lives in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, and is the head of Paveh's Mountaineering Association. Arrest On 14 November 2024, he and his brother Farid Enayati were arrested in Kermanshah by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status After several weeks in the Ministry of Intelligence's detention centre...

Khaled Mahmoudi, a former political prisoner and protester arrested during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, was released on 26 March 2023 after four months in detention.  His release followed an amnesty declared by the judiciary, and he was released from Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Arrest On 17 May 2024, Mahmoudi was again arrested without a warrant by security forces...