Detentions of Kurdish Civilians Archives - KHRN

December 5, 2025

Security forces arrest nine Kurdish citizens; two detainees’ custody extended

Security forces have carried out a series of arrests across Kurdish cities in recent days, detaining at least nine Kurdish citizens in Marivan, Orumiyeh, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr, and

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June 23, 2025

Iran intensifies crackdown in Kurdistan: civilians, activists targeted

As the unprecedented conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran enters its 11th day, reports from cities across Iranian Kurdistan reveal a growing crackdown on Kurdish civilians and

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June 23, 2025

Security forces arrest nine Kurdish civilians in Mahabad

Security forces have arrested nine Kurdish civilians in Mahabad and surrounding villages in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days, with no information disclosed about their whereabouts, the

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January 19, 2023

Security forces detain 10 Kurdish civilians in Iran’s Piranshahr

Iranian security forces arrested ten Kurdish civilians in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province, on 18 January, transferring them to an undisclosed location. The names of the detained civilians are

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October 31, 2022

Iran protests: Security forces arrest at least 57 Kurdish civilians, activists

The security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have detained dozens of Kurdish civilians and activists during the ongoing public protests in the past few days in the provinces of Kurdistan, West

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April 11, 2022

Security forces arrest two brothers in Iran’s Baneh

Iranian security forces have arrested two brothers named Ramin Rishi and Rebin Rishi in Baneh, Kurdistan province, at their workplace on 9 April. They took the brothers to an undisclosed

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April 4, 2022

Security forces arrest 5 civilians in Iran’s northwestern Piranshahr

Iranian security forces have detained at least five civilians, including a child younger than 18 years of age, in the Karkhaneh-ye Qand village of Piranshahr, in Iran's northwestern West Azerbaijan

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February 17, 2022

Orumiyeh: Detained Kurdish civilian ends her hunger strike

Kurdish civilian Golaleh Moradi, who had gone on a hunger strike in the prison of Orumiyeh in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azerbaijan to protest against the uncertainty in her case, ended

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February 15, 2022

Detained Kurdish civilian goes on hunger strike in Iran’s Orumiyeh

Kurdish civilian Golaleh Moradi has gone on a hunger strike in the prison of Orumiyeh, in Iran's northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on 14 February. Moradi, who has been in pre-trial

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