Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Turkish army shot and killed an Iranian Kurdish civilian identified as Asgar Darvishzadeh in the border areas of Khoy, Iran's West Azerbaijan province, on 13 September. "Asgar Darvishzadeh, who was guiding a group of Afghan civilians who were going to Turkey, was shot and killed by snipers of the Turkish army near the village of Karkush [in Khoy] and on Iranian soil", said a source...

Iranian police shot and killed a young Kurdish man named Mohammad Ahmadi Matin in Kermanshah, in the west, on 28 January. "On Friday, 28 January, some police officers in Kermanshah's Arya Shahr [neighbourhood] had an argument with Mohammad Ahmadi Matin while he was parking his car in Shohada Square in Kermanshah. Then, Matin and his mother, who was in the car, drove to their house...

A seven years old child has been shot dead by Iranian police in Charuymaq district of West Azerbaijan province, in the northwest, on 19 January. Reportedly, the police opened fire on a moving vehicle and shot Mizgin Palangi, who was in the vehicle, in the head. After the news of the incident was widely reacted to on social media, security officers pressured and threatened the child's...

The special forces of the Iranian police reportedly shot and killed a Kurdish civilian named Yasser Mohammadi in Kermanshah on 23 October. Special forces said they opened fire on Mohammadi's vehicle as he was "suspicious" and "ignored their warning". The civilian's family have denied these claims. Speaking on how the civilian was killed, one of his relatives spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and...

Iran’s anti-smuggling department opened fire on a civilian vehicle and killed a Kurdish civilian named Farhad Zandi on the Sanandaj-Dehgolan highway in Kurdistan province on 7 November. Confirming the news, a relative of the civilian told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): "At 18:00 yesterday [7 November], a special patrol of the Anti-Smuggling Office of the Law Enforcement Forces [of the Islamic Republic of Iran]...