Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A Kurdish civilian named Kaveh Soleimanpour was arrested on 24 July after being summoned to the Enforcement of Judgments Office of the Mahabad court and was sent to the city prison to serve a six-month imprisonment sentence. Some time ago, the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, sentenced the civilian to six months in prison on charges of "acting against national security" through...

Iran has released on bail a Kurdish civilian named Kaveh Soleimanpour from Mahabad Prison on 12 October after 70 days in detention, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Meanwhile, four other civilians named Diyar Soleimanpour, Farouq Soleimanpour, Massoud Soleimanpour, and Mohsen Soleimani, who were arrested by security forces on 9 October, are still in custody. On 2 August, security forces arrested Kaveh Soleimanpour in...

Security forces have arrested at least four Kurdish civilians in northwestern Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, and its villages on 1 August. They took the arrested civilians to an undisclosed location, sources told the KHRN. According to the sources, security forces arrested Hemin Gharehdakhi, Ahad Soneh, and Rizgar Eynalou without an arrest warrant in Egriqash village of Mahabad. Simultaneously, another civilian named Kaveh Soleimanpour was arrested in his...