Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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 Farzad Hamidi, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 25 January 2025. His arrest was reportedly linked to strikes and protests in response to the death sentences handed down to Kurdish political prisoners Pakhshan Azizi and Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal...

Farzad Mardoukhi, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested by security forces during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom protests in the city and later released. Arrest Mardoukhi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, and taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in the city in late December 2024. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied...

Arrest Omid Hamedi, who holds a master’s degree in philosophy and teaches at Shahed High School in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence at his workplace on 3 December 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...

Arrest Hamid Azizi, a PhD holder in Communication and Media Studies from Allameh Tabataba'i University and a teacher in the villages of Palangan and Gazer Khani in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 3 December 2024 after being summoned to the security office of the Ministry of Education in the city. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and...

Arrest Mahmoud Sadeghi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 16 October 2016 in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, along with his brother-in-law, Heidar Ghorbani. Following his arrest, Sadeghi was transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture for approximately three months in order to extract forced confessions.  During this time, he was denied access to his...