Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Haji Barzeh, a Kurdish language teacher from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, and a member of the Bayan Kurdish Language Institute, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr on 8 May 2024 and taken to the ministry’s detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. After initial interrogation, he was transferred to Naqadeh Prison and later provisionally released on 27 May 2024 on bail of...

Arrest Amir Fagheh, from the village of Khoranj in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 22 May, and taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. During his detention at the Ministry of Intelligence facility in Orumiyeh, Fagheh...

Arrest Salam Soltani, from the village of Khoranj in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 6 May, and taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. During his detention at the Ministry of Intelligence facility in Orumiyeh, Soltani...

Arrest Jamal Alizadeh, a civil rights activist from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 18 October 2022 at his family home in Piranshahr and taken to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province.  After several weeks of interrogation, during which he was denied the right to family visits and to have access to legal counsel,...

Bapir Barzeh has been repeatedly arrested in recent years due to his political activities. In 2020, he was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment on charges of "membership in groups opposed to the state," and in October 2021, after serving one year, he was conditionally released from Naqadeh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. Arrest Barzeh was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces on...

Arrest Hazhar Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 30 billion rials (nearly 60,000 USD) on 29 August 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Arrest Osman Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 5 July 2022 in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, along with Hazhar Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and was transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh...

Arrest Akam Khezrzadeh was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Hazhar Delsouz, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad is one of the protesters who suffered an eye injury during the Women Life Freedom anti-government uprising. He suffered a severe eye injury from pellet shots fired by military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the anti-government protests in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 21 September 2022. Despite undergoing multiple surgeries in different hospitals, he retains only 20 percent vision in his...