Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A military convoy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces comprised of local people, in cooperation with the IRGC’s Saberin Unit, have yesterday besieged and bombarded orchards in the areas near Sure Tu and Dezavan villages of Sarvabad, Kurdistan province, under the pretext of the presence of a team of a Kurdish opposition party. Reportedly, several people whose identities are currently unknown were killed...

A Kurdish civilian named Mohammad Houshangi, who has been arrested during the wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists launched in January 2021, is still being held in temporary detention on the accusation of “membership in a Kurdish opposition group” and “propaganda against the state”, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Mohammad Houshangi, whose name had not previously been mentioned in the...

An Iranian military convoy carrying the heavy equipments of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have stationed near the village of Kani Hosseinbag of Sarvabad, bombarding the heights of Shaho Mountain located between the villages of Deyvaznav and Daleh Marz on 5 April, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The shelling, which took place without prior notice to the people of the area,...

A Jeep vehicle was targeted by security forces near the village of Chavargah, Mahabad county, West Azerbaijan province, as a result of which all the four passengers of the car were killed, Sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to reports, on the evening of Tuesday, September 16th, special forces of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Hamzeh base of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...

Hajar Ardesi, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Agh Gol located in Maku County, has been detained by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) since late August and he is still in custody, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "Ardesi was transferred to the Khoy prison after five days in detention at the ...

Two sources from Saqqez and Sanandaj have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the security forces have been widely present at the burial ceremonies of Arvin Moratab and Aida Farzaneh in Behesht-e Mohammadi of Sanandaj in addition to the burial ceremonies of Rezgar Rahimi and his son Zhivan Rahimi in Saqqez. "Despite pressure and threats from security agencies to...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested a Kurdish civilian from the village of Tangisser and a resident of Sanandaj August 24, 2019. The IRGC Intelligence Unit raided the house of Dler Nasri, a Kurdish civilian from Sanandaj, and his family, confiscating a number of his personal belongings while inspecting the house. He has been taken to IRGC Detention Centre in Shahramfar Camp in Sanandaj for...

Although one month have passed since the arrest of three Kurdish civilians including “Saber Kamani”, “Kamran Kamani” and Keyvan Mokaremi” residing at “Anbeh village” of Taregor Region of Orumiyeh, there is still no information available on their fate. "On July 8, 2019, several armed plainclothes along with several vehicles carrying officers affiliated with of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) came to the village and...

Ten detained Iranian Kurdish activists are under pressure to make false confessions, with influential imams and officials demanding their immediate execution. Recent changes to the administrators and security apparatus of Iran’s Kurdestan province and other Kurdish populated regions are the main factors behind the alarming security measures used to crack down on Kurdish activists. The arrests were made following militarisation of Kurdish cities, towns and villages in Iran, where Kurdish...