Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Special Clerical Court of Hamadan, in western Iran, has convicted Sunni Kurdish clerics Madeh Karami and Abdoljabbar Lotfi for their support of recent anti-government protests. Karami, the imam of the village of Huyeh in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was tried on 21 May and sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years. The trial of Lotfi, a teacher and imam at the Ershad mosque...

The Special Clerical Court of Hamadan, in west Iran, has recently summoned Sunni Kurdish clerics Madeh Karami and Abdoljabbar Lotfi for their support of anti-government protests. Karami, the imam of the village of Huyeh in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was summoned to appear in court on 21 May. Lotfi, a teacher and imam at the Ershad mosque in Sanandaj, has been summoned to the clerics' court for...