Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Two weeks after the transfer of the Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi from Orumiyeh prison to an undisclosed location, no information is available about his situation. His family is concerned about his situation as his death sentence has been finalised. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a relative of the political prisoner said: “On 26 November, Mohyeddin Ebrahimi and six other political-ideological...

The Iranian judiciary has pardoned Kurdish political prisoner Saeid Sangar after he served 21 years in prison. The judiciary released Sangar from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 30 October. During his imprisonment, authorities denied him temporary leave. They repeatedly filed new cases against him, accusing him of "communicating with the media". On 31 August 2000, security forces arrested Sangar in Marivan, Kurdistan province. Two months later, Branch 1 of...

Iran has released on bail Kurdish political prisoners Faranak Jamshidi and Armin Esperlous in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, in recent days. On 10 June, Jamshidi was imprisoned in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to serve a one-year prison sentence. Esperlous, who is also Jamshidi’s husband, has been temporarily released on bail of 150 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 6,000 USD – after 20 days...

Authorities in Kachouei Prison of Karaj took Kurdish woman writer and political prisoner Mozhgan Kavousi out of prison for several hours on 13 October and returned her to the prison. After being taken back, the political prisoner said in a short phone call with her family that the transfer had taken place following a “wrong order” by the prosecutor. On 6 October, Kavousi was transferred from...

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari was transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 11 October. Askari, who comes from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, has been in detention since April. The prisoner suffers from kidney stones. According to his doctor, he should be operated on as soon as possible. On 26 August, he went...

The Court of Appeals of Iran’s West Azerbaijan province has commuted the eight-year prison sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Saeid Tabnak to four years and two months in prison. The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh had sentenced the political prisoner to eight years in prison. It had charged the prisoner with “acting against national security” through “membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI)”. On 4...

Iran has sent on leave Kurdish political prisoner Hossein Osmani on a bail of one billion Iranian Tomans – nearly 40,000 USD – after about eight years in prison on 2 October. Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad had sentenced Osmani to 30 years in prison. The political prisoner, who suffers from several illnesses, had been denied sick leave in recent years due to the opposition of...

Thursday, 26 August, marked the anniversary of the execution of the Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani in Orumiyeh Central Prison in 2015. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) had previously collected and published details from the arrest and court process of Behrouz Alkhani to the issuance and execution of his death sentence, as well as the secret burial and discovery of his body by his...

Kurdish woman writer and political prisoner Mozhgan Kavousi has been sent on temporary leave on 21 July after contracting the coronavirus. Following the outbreak of covid-19 in the women's ward of Evin Prison in Tehran, Mozhgan Kavousi became infected with the coronavirus. She was sent on a one-week leave four days after her test results were positive, sources told the KHRN. On 13 July, the political...