Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian security forces have arrested two civilians Kamal Abbasivand and Saadi Ahmadpour in recent days and have taken them to Bukan Prison in West Azerbaijan province to serve their sentences. The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had detained Abbasivand on 25 July 2021 and Ahmadpour on 21 September 2021 in Bukan. The two civilians were transferred to the detention facility of the...

The Criminal Court of Bukan, in northwestern Iran, has sentenced two Kurdish civilians to six months in prison, each. Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, charged Kamal Abbasivand and Sherko Ahmadpouri with "acting against national security". The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Abbasivand on 25 July and Ahmadpouri on 21 September in Bukan. After his arrest, Abbasivand...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has detained at least 10 Kurdish activists in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, since 24 July. They have taken the detainees to the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the IRGC in Al-Mahdi base in Orumiyeh. Azimeh Nasseri, Anvar Maleki, Kamal Abbasivand, and Shamzin Mohammadi are four of these detainees whose identities have been confirmed. On 25...