Iran Protests Archives - KHRN

September 20, 2023

Kurdish cities of Bukan, Saqqez remain under heavy military control

Reports from Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) sources indicate that the Islamic Republic of Iran's military-security forces continue to maintain their presence with light and semi-heavy weapons

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September 18, 2023

Kurdistan on anniversary of Jina Amini’s murder: Strikes, protests, state repression

Widespread general strike On 16 September 2023, coinciding with the first anniversary of Iran's killing of Jina Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the Jin Jiyan Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom)

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September 18, 2023

Civilian in critical condition after being shot by IRGC sniper in Saqqez

Fardin Jafari, a 27-year-old civilian with mental disability, is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sniper near Aichi cemetery in

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September 14, 2023

Uprising anniversary: Special forces deployed, security tightened in Kurdish cities

As the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising approaches, there have been reports of significant deployments of special police forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units in

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September 13, 2023

Jina Mahsa Amini’s father threatened for family’s commemoration plans

Amjad Amini, the father of Jina Mahsa Amini, has been summoned and interrogated by the Ministry of Intelligence in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, four times in the past two weeks. A relative of the

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September 5, 2023

Security forces arrest uncle of Jina Mahsa Amini in Saqqez

Iranian security forces today arrested Jina Mahsa Amini's uncle Safa Aeli in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province and took him to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has

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August 29, 2023

Condemn mass arrests of Kurds in Iran ahead of protests anniversary

As the anniversary of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the government and the beginning of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising approaches, the security institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran are

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August 24, 2023

Father of slain protester threatened ahead of uprising anniversary

Abdollah Aboubakri, the father of Zanyar Aboubakri, one of the victims of the anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was detained and threatened for several hours today after

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August 21, 2023

Trial of lawyer for Jina Amini’s family rescheduled for late August

The trial of Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer representing the family of Jina Mahsa Amini, which was scheduled to take place on 1 August and postponed for administrative reasons, has been rescheduled for

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