Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish music band 'Dayrak Khatoon' has been banned from performing live at the 'International Festival of Tribal Music', which is held between 19 to 22 January in Kermanshah. The band was scheduled to perform on 21 January, but the Iranian authorities have simply banned it. on the pretext of the presence of women members in the band. The Kurdish group held a concert a few...

A local human rights source in the Rwansar area told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that "Iranian police went to a coffee shop in the city of Rawansar in order to shut down the shop on 24 January. But after a dispute with the shop's young Kurdish owner the police shot him in the head at point blank range and executed him". The source said:...