Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish environmental activist Armin Esperlous on the street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 29 September. They took the activist to the detention centre of the intelligence ministry without a court order. After the family of the environmental activist appealed to the Sanandaj court, the prosecutor’s office announced that he had been detained for a month. On 29 September, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Iranian security forces have detained two Kurdish environmental activists Salah Hossein-Panah and Salar Salehi, and have taken them to an undisclosed location. On 22 September, security forces arrested Salah Hossein-Panah on one of the streets of Baneh, Kurdistan province. They took the activist to his home and confiscated some of his personal belongings after searching the house. Also, on 27 September, forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...