Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A landmine explosion in Chardavol of Ilam and Ammunition explosion in Saqez left two citizens killed and three wounded. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Wednesday, March 23, a resident of Saghez called Mansour Moradi (35 years old) has been injured in the village of Ishaq Abad as a result of a mine explosion. In the mine blast in the Saif border...

The fate of Three Kurdish citizens arrested during the recent Iran protests in Orumieh is uncertain. These prisoners are held at various parts of Orumiyeh Central Prison. A Kurdish poet from Ilam has also been released from the prison on custody. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), despite a month and a half after recent protests, three of the detainees called...

Despite the vast presence of anti-riot and uniformed officers in various cities of Kurdistan, reports indicate that various gatherings in different cities still continue. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) from Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ilam, Islamabad, West of Oromiyeh, Bukan and Dehloran, Hundreds of anti-riot forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) plainclothes forces have been stationed in the main squares and...

During the past few days, a poet from Ilam was arrested by the security forces and released after three days of interrogation. "On Saturday, Dec 16, 2017, Ilam security forces entered the home of a Kurdish poet called Hossein Bagheri (known as Jakan Baran) and arrested him while confiscating a number of Bagheri’s personal belongings. “an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "This poet...

Landmine explosion in one of the Mehran border areas left a Clearance Officer wounded during mine clearance. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that this morning, on December 14, a Land Mine Clearance Officer called Yazdan Nazari, sustained injury on his left leg by a mine blast during a mine explosion in Qalawizan region of Mehran. Earlier, on Monday, December 4, a passenger vehicle...

A prisoner was executed in public at the Modarres Blvd. of Ilam City on charges of murder. According to the Ilam News website, on the morning of September 17, 2017, a prisoner charged with murder was executed publicly at the Modarres Blvd. in the city of Ilam. The executed prisoner has been identified as (S-D). According to the news, he was sentenced to death in December...