Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh has sentenced civilians Nasim Namazi, Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari Berdiani, Rahman Parhazou and Mansour Rasouli to death on charges of "participation in intelligence cooperation and espionage for Israel" over the past few weeks. The court also sentenced five other civilians, Kamran Hanareh, Fakhroddin Doudkanlou Milan, Ashkan Osmannezhad Ganduk, Hassan Omarpour, and Amir Moshtagh Gangachin, to...

Iran executed prisoners Rashid Lavandpour and Khalegh Khezrzadeh in Karaj and Bandar Abbas central prisons today. Lavandpour, who comes from the village of Khargoush in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, was sentenced to the death penalty several years ago on drug-related charges. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement at Karaj Central Prison yesterday and was executed this morning. Khezrzadeh, 32, who comes from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province,...

In March, Iranian security forces detained dozens of Kurdish activists and the individuals who organise annual Newroz (also Nowruz in Persian) celebrations in the Kurdish cities and villages in Iran. These activists were summoned by intelligence institutions, were threatened and were forced to sign written pledges prohibiting participants from using Kurdish symbols and playing happy and epic songs; such as the Kurdish national anthem. The pledges...

Iran has sentenced a Kurdish political prisoner named Firouz Musalou to the death penalty in recent weeks over membership in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, northwestern Iran, charged Musalou with "armed insurrection" (baghi). Musalou was held in temporary detention for 33 months before the court issued the sentence. The last hearing of the political prisoner's case was held...

Iran has carried out today the death sentences of three prisoners in the western province of Ilam. Prisoners Sobhan Shohani, Mohammad Karimnezhad, and Hamed Manouchehri had been sentenced to "retribution in kind" (qisas) on the accusation of committing "premeditated murder". On 19 January, they were transferred to solitary confinement in Ilam Central Prison for the execution of their sentences. Shohani has been in prison for about two...

Branch 31 of Iran’s Supreme Court in Qom has upheld the death sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Shaker Behrouz. In January, Branch 1 of the Criminal Court of Orumiyeh had sentenced Behrouz to the death penalty for alleged “premeditated murder” of a member of the IRGC. On 28 September, the Supreme Court’s verdict, which was confirmed ten days ago, was notified to the prisoner in Orumiyeh...

Two prisoners sentenced to the death penalty have been taken today to solitary confinement for execution in Orumiyeh Central Prison. Nasser Azmoudeh and a prisoner named Shahriyar, whose last name could not be confirmed, were taken from Ward 4 of the prison to solitary confinement. The two prisoners were sentenced to death on drug-related charges. Prison officials have informed the families of the prisoners that their...

In the past few days, Justice Orumiyeh (also known in Kurdish as Urmiye), was rejected the request for a new trial provided by lawyers of six kurdish political prisoners. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the Supreme Court based in Qom, reviewed and sentenced the case of six kurdish political prisoners “Kamal Ahmadnejad”, “Halmat Abdollahi ”, “Soleyman kori”, “Milad Abdi”, “Saeed Seyai” and...

“Saman Naseem, a Kurdish political prisoner who was a juvenile when he was arrested few years ago , was transferred to the branch 12 of Orumiyeh Court to attend retrial on 27 January 2016. The Judge requested a medical report from the Forensic Medicine Institute to find out whether or not he was aware of his acts at the time of his arrest. Five...