Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran has carried out today the death sentence of the Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani in northwestern Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. Saleh Nikbakht, Ghorbani's lawyer, told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the political prisoner had been executed at 04:00 local time in Sanandaj Central Prison. He added that prison officials neither informed him nor the prisoner's family before the execution. Reportedly, a group of civilians have...

Iran has sent Kurdish political prisoner Habibollah Latifi on temporary leave for medical purposes. Latifi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, has served 14 years in prison. Due to his illness, his lawyer and family have repeatedly demanded in recent years that he be granted temporary medical leave, each time facing opposition from security agencies and the judiciary. However, with the deterioration of his health and repeated...

Kurdish political prisoner Ahmad Tamoui has been released today from the prison of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. Tamoui served 14 years and two months of his 15-year prison sentence. He was deprived of his right to temporary leave and parole during his imprisonment. Background Ahmad Tamoui, a political activist from Salmas, was arrested by the intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Mahabad on 24...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have threatened witnesses in the court case of the Kurdish political prisoner Shaker Behrouz, as well as his family members. Behrouz was sentenced to death for allegedly "killing a member of the IRGC". Seven witnesses said in their statements during the hearing that took place in Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, that the...

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh is in critical condition in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan province due to not having access to medical services. Hajizadeh was transferred from the ward for prisoners of conscience to the ward for prison labour about two months ago. In June, he was transferred to an out-of-prison hospital for platinum surgery but was returned to prison without completing his treatment. After...

Kurdish civilian Mohammad Borouki Milan, who was sentenced to 42 years in jail, has been taken to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan province in recent days. Iranian courts sentenced the civilian to a total of 42 years in prison on charges of "possession of ammunition", "enmity against God" (moharebeh), and "collaboration with the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK)". According to a source familiar with the...

Kurdish political prisoner Houshmand Alipour ended his hunger strike yesterday in Sanandaj Central Prison. He had gone on a hunger strike on 16 November, protesting the refusal of his demand for temporary leave by the Ministry of Intelligence. Reportedly, the political prisoner ended his strike at the request of his family and relatives. On the eighth day of the strike, prison authorities had sent him to solitary...

Shaker Behrouz, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, staged a sit-in protest in front of the guard office of Orumiyeh Central Prison on 21 November, announcing a hunger strike in a letter. The political prisoner has gone on a hunger strike to protest against the pressure exerted by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on members of the complaining family...

Kurdish woman political activist Shahnaz Sadeghifar, who was released on bail from prison in April after 20 months in detention, has been rearrested. The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, summoned the activist on 14 November and imprisoned her in Orumiyeh Central Prison. Reportedly, the summoning came after the bail, which was previously provided for the temporary release of the political prisoner, had...