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September 5, 2022

Border guards wound nine kolbars in Iran’s western border areas

Iran's Border Guard Command forces have shot and wounded at least nine kolbars in the country's western borders in the past few days. On 4 September, border forces targeted kolbars in three areas

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September 2, 2022

August 2022: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in August 2022. The

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February 2, 2022

January 2022: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in January 2022. The

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January 18, 2022

Annual Report 2021

This report addresses the human rights situation in 2021 in relation to the Kurdish people in Iran. As in previous years, the rights of Kurdish people have continued to be violated due to their

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January 8, 2022

Iran jails woman activist over teaching Kurdish language

Kurdish literary and cultural woman activist Zahra (also Zara) Mohammadi presented herself today at the court of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to serve a five-year prison sentence. The court's

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January 6, 2022

Man kills wife in Iran’s western Kermanshah province

A man has killed his wife in Surkal village in western Iran's Kermanshah province. The identity of the 43-year-old victim is not yet known. "The killer is a 48-year-old man who had fled after the

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January 4, 2022

December monthly report: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in December

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December 16, 2021

Families protest in front of Turkish embassy in Iran

Families of Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers, who were deported to Syria by Turkey, gathered in front of the Turkish embassy in Tehran for the second day in a row on 15 December, demanding the release

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December 9, 2021

Iran’s IRGC denies medical treatment to injured PKK fighter

An Iranian security-intelligence institution continues to refuse to provide medical treatment to a Kurdish fighter injured and detained during a clash on 14 May. Iranian border forces had ambushed

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