Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Iranian authorities has executed a prisoner on drug-related charges at Mianduab Prison on Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was taken to solitary confinement cells a day before his execution. In an interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network, an informed source identified the executed prisoner as Mehdi Saki, 38, from the city of Dorood in Lorestan province. "Mehdi Saki was arrested in Mahabad in 2013...

The Iranian government has executed three prisoners  on drug-related charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 15 July. They were taken to solitary confinement cells a day before their execution, according to a local source who spoke to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The executed were Mohaamd Reza Sadeghi and Mashalah Sayaedinevi, the source said. Sayadeinevi was from the town of Orumiyeh, the source said, adding that Sadeghi from Kani Rash village in...

Four prisoners were executed at Orumiyeh's central prison due to drug related charges on Saturday morning July 8, 2017. They were taken from ward 15 of Orumiyeh central prison to solitary confinement cells a day before their execution. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained the names of the prisoners who are from Orumiyeh and its subsidiary villages: Mir-Haj Abdi, imprisoned for 5 years and charged...

The Iranian government has executed two prisoners murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 26 May. They were taken to solitary confinement cells a day before their execution, according to a local source who spoke to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The executed were Alireza Karimi and Firouz Eskandari, the source said. Karimi 40, from the town of Minaduab, was jailed for five years until his execution and Eskandari 36, from...

Early Monday morning, on July 3, 2017, two prisoners, were transferred to solitary confinement of Orumiyeh Central Prison in preparation for the implementation of their death sentences, on Monday, July 3. All the two prisoners were convicted of murder and sentenced to Qisas (retribution in kind). According to information are obtained by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN),The two prisoners who have been transferred to...

The identity of two prisoners who have been hanged in Birjand with Rape charges, in the past two months, has been revealed. A local source has identified the two prisoners, as Behzad Madadi from Birjand and Hossein Nabavi from Ghaen. Behzad Madadi has been hanged on Apr 27 and the prisoner identified as Hossein Nabavi was hanged on May 25, the source said. There is no information...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network has been informed that On Wednesday, May 27, 2017, coincided with the execution of “Hojjat Allah Tadro" famous athletes of Eslamabad-e Gharb, two other prisoners, charged with "murder and armed robbery”, were executed in Kermanshah. An informed source told that The Iranian regime in a mass execution hanged several prisoners on the verge of the holy month of Ramadan. The identity...

Uncertainty has continued looming over the status of the legal case of Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi eight year after their imprisonment. The Iranian judiciary has refused to accept their request to have a fair trial to provide evidence and documents through their lawyer. KHRN has obtained and publishes full text below of a translated letter written by the two prisoners on the latest...

The authorities of Sanandaj Central Prison temporarily halted the execution of a Kurdish death row prisoner on 23 May after his family members and human rights activists held a protest outside the prison. The Kurdish death row prisoner, Hemen Mostafaei, 27, was taken to the prison’s solitary confinement cells in preparation for his execution, but the prison authorities agreed to the demand of his family...