Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Benyamin Rahimpour was previously arrested by security forces along with his brother Taregh Rahimpour on 3 May 2020, and released a few weeks later on bail of three billion rials (nearly 4,000 USD). Later, Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, presided over by Judge Saeidi, sentenced him to six months in prison and an 18-month suspended imprisonment on charges of “acting against...

Arrest Jabar Ebrahimi, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his home in the city on 26 February 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities...

Arrest Hemin Ebrahimi, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his home in the city on 26 February 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities...

Arrest Musa Tabei, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on a street in the city on 26 February 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities...

Mohammad-Mirza Rahmani, a Kurdish Sunni cleric from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested on 22 December 2021 and detained for three weeks for attending and speaking at the memorial service for Heidar Ghorbani, a Kurdish political prisoner executed by the Iranian authorities. Arrest Rahmani was arrested during a raid by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on his home in the village...

Arrest Behzad Dadkhah, a Kurdish civilian from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his workplace in the city on 25 November 2024. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities...

Arrest Zahed Ahmadi, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Rasheh Deh in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in his orchard in mid-September 2024. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and...

Jasim Haseli is an athlete and professional Muay Thai and kickboxing champion from Marivan, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Haseli was arrested on 30 August 2024 after being summoned by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and taken to the organisation’s Shahramfar detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Earlier, on 25 June 2024, he was also summoned to the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation, where he was...

Arrest  Aram Sadeghi, a Kurdish civilian from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 10 September 2024 outside his shop in the city.  Defendant’s Rights  He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation.  Current Status  Sadeghi is being held in the Shahramfar detention centre of the IRGC...