Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province has sentenced Kurdish activists Maryam Sadeghi and Armin Esperlous to one year suspended imprisonment, each. Branch 1 of the court has charged the two activists with "propaganda against the state". Sadeghi's trial was held in recent months and she has been informed of the sentence in the past few days. She is a member of the...

Iran has released on bail Kurdish political prisoners Faranak Jamshidi and Armin Esperlous in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, in recent days. On 10 June, Jamshidi was imprisoned in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to serve a one-year prison sentence. Esperlous, who is also Jamshidi’s husband, has been temporarily released on bail of 150 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 6,000 USD – after 20 days...

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish environmental activist Armin Esperlous on the street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 29 September. They took the activist to the detention centre of the intelligence ministry without a court order. After the family of the environmental activist appealed to the Sanandaj court, the prosecutor’s office announced that he had been detained for a month. On 29 September, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network...