Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Civil Registry Office in Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, has issued the death certificate of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou, several weeks after his secret execution, and handed it over to his family. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the certificate was officially issued on 5 May, following a visit by the prisoner’s family to the local civil registry office. The document...

Iranian authorities have refused to hand over the body of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou following his secret execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On the evening of 21 April, his family were summoned by judicial officials in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, informed of the secret execution and warned against holding a public memorial. Behzad Sarkhanlou, the Deputy Prosecutor of Orumiyeh, told...

Iranian authorities have secretly executed Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou, his family was told on the evening of 21 April after being summoned to the Orumiyeh court in West Azerbaijan Province. Officials did not disclose when the execution took place. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that on the evening of 21 April, the Deputy Prosecutor of Orumiyeh, Behzad Sarkhanlou, informed the...

The whereabouts of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner scheduled for execution this morning, remain unknown after he was transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to an undisclosed location. Branch Nine of the Enforcement of Judgements Office of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, had previously announced that the execution would take place in the early hours of Friday 18...

Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 16 April in preparation for his execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Today, the prisoner's family had a final visit with him for a few minutes in Orumiyeh Central Prison while he was handcuffed and shackled, and he told his family that...

Branch Nine of the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner from Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province. The sentence, originally handed down in July 2024 by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh, was based on charges of "armed insurrection" (baghi) for alleged membership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). His appeal,...

Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou has been sentenced to death after being tortured into confessing to involvement in clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Iranian border guards. Hosseinnejad Heidaranlou, 39, from the village of Segrik in Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, was sentenced to death in mid-July by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of...