Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Former political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh, who was detained by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 4 April, has been transferred to Mashhad Central Prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that after her arrest, Parvaneh was taken to the detention facility of the IRGC's intelligence agency and then transferred to Mashhad Central Prison on 14 April after initial...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran last September, will be retried on 8 May, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Yasin's case was referred to Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran after the Supreme Court overturned his death sentence due to "lack of investigation" in the case. "In the...

Kurdish political prisoner Dara Rashidi ended his week-long hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 5 April. The political prisoner went on a hunger strike on 28 March, protesting against his transfer to solitary confinement upon the orders of prison authorities for punishment. After the end of the hunger strike, Rashidi was transferred to Ward 15 of the prison. So far, the prison authorities have refused...

Kurdish political prisoner Dara Rashidi went on a hunger strike at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 28 March, protesting against his transfer to solitary confinement upon the orders of prison authorities for punishment. He has since been denied the right to contact his family and receive visits. Over the past few months, Jalal Rahimpour, the guard officer of the ward for prisoners of conscience; Azarnia, the security...

Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian is spending her 16th Newroz (also Nowruz in Persian) behind the bars in Yazd Prison. Jalalian is the only woman political prisoner with a life sentence in Iran. In addition to the numerous tortures she has endured over the years, the political prisoner has been denied the right to temporary leave even for medical treatment. Since her arrest in Kermanshah, western Iran,...

Death row Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi was transferred today to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran, for execution, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Simultaneously, at least five other prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges were also taken to solitary cells for execution, but so far no information has been obtained about the identities of these prisoners. In the morning,...

The Branch Nine of Iran's Supreme Court has overturned Kurdish political prisoner Hatem Ozdemir's death sentence in the past few days, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The court referred the case to the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, for re-investigation. Ozdemir, who holds Turkish citizenship, was previously sentenced to death by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Khoy,...

Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh was released under amnesty from Mashhad Central Prison on 11 February, while serving the fourth year of her seven-year prison sentence. In the past few days, some political prisoners were released without prior notice after a decree to grant amnesty and reduction of sentences was issued by Iranian authorities. "On Saturday, 11 February, prison officials and agents of the Intelligence Organisation...

Kurdish political prisoner Sardar Ozmush went on a hunger strike on 1 January to protest against his continued "unjust" imprisonment at Orumiyeh Central Prison. Ozmush, a Kurdish civilian from Turkey who holds Iraqi citizenship, was arrested by security forces in Orumiyeh on 11 December 2019. He was then taken to Orumiyeh Central Prison after 10 days of interrogation at one of the city's security detention...