Kurdistan Human Rights Network

According to the report of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), at least five prisoners on charges of murder, were hanged in the central prison in Tabriz, early this morning on May 23, 2017. The identities of three of these prisoners have been detained in ward 9 which have been authenticated by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, are as follows: 1- Kazem Hajaji, from Maraqeh served...

Yesterday, a group of Iranian-Kurdish citizens met with the families of the political prisoners who were hanged in May by Islamic Republic authorities to express their sympathies to the families for their loss and cherish the memory of their victims. Five political prisoners, Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, Mehdi Eslamian and Shirin Alam-Holi, were hanged at Evin prison in Tehran on May 9, 2010....

A prisoner was executed on murder charges in the prison of Tabriz. According to the report of Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN) Dawood Fatemi Nasab, from Tabriz hanged in the central prison of Tabriz, on the morning of Wednesday, May 10. He was imprisoned in ward 9 of the Tabriz prison on charges of murder. He was arrested in Tabriz three years ago. Fatemi Nasab was executed...

The authorities of Sanandaj Central Prison have told Kurdish juvenile offender Hemen Oraminejad that he is now at imminent risk of execution, an activist said. Oraminejad was arrested and sentenced to death under Iran’s 'Qesas law' (an eye for an eye) when he was a teenager. According to an activist who spoke with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Oraminejad was “called for a meeting a few...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has received disturbing news on fate of two Kurdish brothers who are prisoners and they are at imminent risk of execution at an Iranian prison One of them suffers from serious spinal column damage and his brother was a juvenile when he was arrested. KHRN would like to share the following important information with international public opinion and human rights...

Two prisoners were hanged on murder and drug charges in the last two days at Tabriz prison in Iran, local human rights' sources said. The source said that Hassan Asadi from city of Orumiyeh, was hanged on drug charges on Sunday January 17, and Jafar Ghafrani from Tabriz was hanged on murder charges today.

Six prisoners have been executed by hanging for murder charges today at Orumiyeh prison in Iran, local human rights' sources said. The sources said that the six executed prisoners were : Aref ShahinDiji, Hosain EzatTalab, Rahman Ranjbar, AliReza Akbari, Arsalan Badyaneh and Abdulwahab Hatami.

Today,Monday January 4, Three prisoners, who were sentenced to death for drug related crimes, have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions, a source from inside Orumiyeh prison said. The names of three of the prisoners have been identified as :Omar Badri Qala, Farhang Halolani and Hamid Kijini from ward 15.

“Today, Thursday December 30,2015 Six prisoners with drug related charges were hanged at Tabriz Central Prison.”,a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network. According to this source: “ Amir Mohammadi, Jahangir Saedi, Jawad Rahnema from ward 7 and Reza Mohammadpour, Javad Gharebaghi and Husain Hsanzadeh from ward 11 were hanged in the yard of Tabriz prison.“