Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civilians Keyvan Ghassemzadeh, Jalal Alavi, Jamal Alavi, Massoud Shepeheh, Salah Mousavi-Rad and Rasoul Bahmani have been arrested by Iranian security forces in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, in the past few days. The detained civilians have been taken to an undisclosed location. On 16 January, security forces arrested Ghassemzadeh, Jalal Alavi, Jamal Alavi, and Masoud Shepeheh who come from the village of Kuseh Kahriz in Mahabad,...

Security forces in Iran's northwestern Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, detained four Kurdish civilians identified as Aboubakr Mam-Esmaeil, Kazem Mam-Esmaeil, Kamil Mam-Esmaeil and Jamal Alavi in the past few days. The detained civilians were then taken to undisclosed locations. On 21 August, the security forces raided civilian Aboubakr Mam-Esmaeil's house in the Qezeljeh village of Mahabad. They searched the house, confiscated some of his family's belongings and...