Kermanshah Archives - KHRN

January 22, 2026

KHRN confirms four additional protest killings in Kermanshah

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has confirmed that four Kurdish citizens were killed during recent protests in Kermanshah on 8 January, amid an escalating crackdown by security

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January 12, 2026

Kurdish death toll rises amid intensifying crackdown, internet shutdown

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces and the Law Enforcement Force’s special units have maintained a heavy presence in Kermanshah as protests continue across Iran amid an

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October 30, 2023

Retired telecom workers, disabled civilians protest for rights

A group of retired employees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran took to the streets in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, today to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with their living conditions

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April 12, 2023

Landmine blast severely injures civilian in Iran’s Qasr-e Shirin

A landmine explosion severely injured an employee of Iran's demining department in the border areas of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah province, on 10 April. The civilian, whose identity is not known

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March 7, 2023

Protests break out in Iran’s Kurdish cities as schoolgirl poisonings continue

Protest rallies were held today in front of the Ministry of Education in Kermanshah, Sanandaj and Saqqez in north-western Iran after the Iranian Teacher's Union called for protests against organised

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January 5, 2023

Kolbar dies after falling from border heights in Iran’s Kermanshah

Arman Mohammadi, a 35-year-old kolbar, lost his life today after falling from a border height in the Nowsud district of Kermanshah province, western Iran. Mohammadi, who comes from the city of

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January 4, 2023

Iran: Prisoner executed over ‘premeditated murder’

Iran executed today Farhad (Farah) Karimi, a prisoner sentenced to death on the charge of "premeditated murder", in Kermanshah, western Iran. Karimi, who comes from Komoreh village in Paveh city

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December 22, 2022

Man kills brother’s wife over ‘family disputes’ – Iranian media

Iranian media outlets reported on 17 December that a man, with the help of his wife, shot dead his brother's 48-year-old wife in a village in the Bilvar district of Kermanshah province, western

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November 11, 2022

Kermanshah: Security forces raid house, take father hostage to arrest son

Security forces raided the house of a Kurdish civilian named Younes Haji Aliani in Kermanshah, western Iran, on 10 November, and detained his father Hossein Haji Aliani after they did not find him at

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