Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civilian Mohsen Hosseini died after the explosion of ammunition at his home in the village of Ghalavari in Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, on 12 February. Hosseini lost his life after the explosion of the war munitions he was manipulating, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Kurdish athlete Pouya Rostamipour on the street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 1 February. It took the civilian to the military security agency's detention facility in the city. After arresting the civilian, security agents raided his home and confiscated his family members' personal belongings, including cell phones and computers. Rostamipour is being held at the Shahramfar...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) raided an atelier in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 21 January, and while insulting the manager and employees, the officers destroyed the equipment and confiscated the belongings of the manager and the office. The mobile phone of Galawezh Ahmadi, the manager of Azhin atelier, and the computer and hard disks of the workshop were among the...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detained civilian Mohammad Moradpour at his house in Divandarreh, Kurdistan province, on 25 January, without presenting a court order. The security forces confiscated some of the personal belongings of his family after raiding the house, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Moradpour's whereabouts and the charges brought against him remain unknown.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces shot and killed a 21-year-old man named Rebaz Salehivand with shotgun pellets in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, on 22 November. "Yesterday morning, near the village of Haji Mamian in Mahabad, Rebaz Salehivand and one of his friends, whose identity is unknown, were shot by IRGC forces from a distance of a few meters while driving a motorcycle, and...

Iranian forces have killed at least 20 protestors and injured 490 during the protest rallies held in the past two weeks across the Kurdish cities, in western Iran, over the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested on 13 September for having worn...

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have prohibited the continuation of the memorial service held for the senior member of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) Yousef Rabbani (also known as Rezan Javid). Security agencies have reportedly summoned Rabbani's mother, Fatemeh Sohrabi, and his brothers and interrogated them for several hours. As part of the prohibition, the...

Some protected areas of the Kosalan Mountain in Sarvabad, Kurdistan province, have caught fire as a result of the shelling of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Despite all the efforts of the locals to put out the fire, it has not yet been brought under control as the fire spread and the IRGC forces prevented the volunteering people from responding to the fire. Simultaneously with...

One year after the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) member Edris Feqhi was arrested and forcibly disappeared by Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces, concerns are mounting about his condition and fate. The political prisoner's mother says that she has not received any clear answers about his condition during the past year. The family of Feqhi, who disappeared on 24 July 2021 after being wounded by the...