Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested seven labour and women’s rights activists in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 26 April. The names of these activists are Nishtiman Rahmati, Parvin Abdollahpour, Hassan Ezzati, Saeid Mohammadi, Omar Soleimani, Fateh Majidi, and Afshin Rahimi. Reportedly, the IRGC forces also raided the homes of these civilians and confiscated some of their personal belongings. Nishtiman Rahmati was released...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has prevented the release of Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi on 16 February, although the bail amount for his temporary release has been provided. According to a relative of Houshangi, a few days ago, Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, informed the family of the activist that the bail amount...

Iranian security forces have arrested a Kurdish civil rights activist named Kiumars Latifi during a raid on his house in Sanandaj, Iran's northwestern province of Kurdistan, on 15 February. Reportedly, the activist was beaten and taken to an undisclosed location. Simultaneously, security forces also searched the house of the activist's sister, Arezou Latifi. She fainted and was taken to the hospital due to the psychological pressures caused...

Iranian intelligence ministry detained a Kurdish environmental activist in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, on 21 December. The Ministry of Intelligence arrested the Kurdish environmental activist Amanj Ghorbani after summoning him. The ministry's forces then took him to an undisclosed location. Reportedly, the intelligence ministry arrested the activist over his participation in the funeral of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani in Kamyaran. Heydar Ghorbani was secretly executed...

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish environmental activist Navid Kohnehpoushi in Marivan, Kurdistan province, on 31 October. The Ministry of Intelligence first took hostage Kohnehpoushi’s brother after they did not find the activist at home. They told his family that they would keep their other son in custody until the activist turned himself in. Kohnehpoushi presented himself to the office of the intelligence ministry a few hours after...

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish labour activist Osman Esmaeili in front of his house in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 20 October. They took Esmaeili to an undisclosed location. His family said more than ten security officers were present during his detention. Esmaeili is a well-known labour activist who has been repeatedly arrested and imprisoned by security forces for defending workers’ rights. In the latest case, he was arrested...