Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch 113 of the Criminal Court Two in Orumiyeh, in north-western Iran, last week sentenced Fakhraddin Ebrahimi, son of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, to one year in prison and two years of suspended imprisonment. The court charged Ebrahimi, 22, with "damaging the windows of the Appeals Court's security door". The civilian was tried in April without the right to a lawyer and was...

Fakhraddin Ebrahimi, son of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, was arrested on 3 April after being summoned to Branch Nine of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Orumiyeh, north-western Iran. After his arrest, Ebrahimi was transferred to a high-security detention centre in the city. Last week, the prosecutor's office summoned the 19-year-old, alleging that he had "damaged state property". On 16 March, Ebrahimi, 19,...