Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran's Border Guard Command forces wounded at least three kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 12 September. Border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars from close range without prior warning, as a result of which three kolbars named Taleb Ghaffari, 30; Khalegh Hamzehpour, 28; and Hiva Ahmadi, were injured. The kolbars were transferred to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in...

Iran has executed at least five more prisoners in the past month in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, and Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) had reported on 27 July that two women were executed in the two cities. Reportedly, on 30 June, two Azerbaijani-Turkic prisoners identified as Omid Ebrahimi and Salar Nasiri were executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison. On 28 June, the two prisoners...