Arsalan Khodkam Archives - KHRN

March 12, 2024

Kurdish political prisoner temporarily released from Orumiyeh prison

Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, was temporarily released today after spending nearly six years behind bars in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan

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October 16, 2023

Kurdish political prisoner risks eyesight loss with denied medical care

Kurdish political prisoner Arsalan Khodkam, 48, faces the risk of losing his eyesight due to being denied access to medical care at Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. Khodkam was

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June 13, 2023

Pressure mounts on political prisoners; families summoned in Orumiyeh

The Ministry of Intelligence has summoned some of the families of political prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison and interrogated them following the pressure on the prisoners. Also, in the last

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April 14, 2021

Iran amnesty commission commutes Kurdish political prisoner’s death penalty to life sentence

Iran's judiciary amnesty commission has commuted the death sentence of the Kurdish political prisoner Arsalan Khodkam to life imprisonment. Today, 14 April, Arsalan Khodkam was officially summoned

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May 20, 2020

Kurdish Political Prisoner in Imminent Danger of Execution at Orumiyeh Central Prison

In recent days, there have been reports of the possible execution of Arsalan Khodkam at Orumiyeh Central Prison. In a short video addressed to the public and international Human Rights Organisations,

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February 5, 2019

The Death Row Sentenced of Kurdish Prisoner Reduced to 10 Years of Imprisonment at the Retrial

The death sentence of Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner detained at Orumiyeh Central Prison, was reduced by Tehran Military court to ten years in prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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December 13, 2018

A Kurdish Woman Sentenced to One Year of Imprisonment

Nashmil Ghoytasi from Mahabad was sentenced to one-year of discretionary imprisonment by branch one of Orumiyeh Military Court on charges of acting against national security. She was arrested earlier

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October 2, 2018

Approval of the Death Sentence for A Kurdish Political Prisoner by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court equally approved the death sentence for Arsalan Khodkam, a prisoner detained at Orumiyeh Central Prison, who had previously been sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Orumieh

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