Mahabad Archives - KHRN

June 23, 2025

Security forces arrest nine Kurdish civilians in Mahabad

Security forces have arrested nine Kurdish civilians in Mahabad and surrounding villages in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days, with no information disclosed about their whereabouts, the

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April 14, 2025

Seven Kurdish detainees released on bail, six others remain in custody

Seven Kurdish civilians from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, have been provisionally released on bail from prisons in Mahabad and Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, while six others remain in

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November 22, 2023

Extrajudicial Executions: Rebaz Salehivand Killing

Joint explanation of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (Network) and the "Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC): This case is a part of the collaborative documentation of the

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November 23, 2022

IRGC forces kill young Kurdish man in Iran’s northwestern Mahabad

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces shot and killed a 21-year-old man named Rebaz Salehivand with shotgun pellets in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, on 22 November. "Yesterday

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October 28, 2022

Iran forces kill three more protesters in Sanandaj, Mahabad

Iranian military-security forces have killed three civilians, including a child, during public protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, and Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province. A source in Sanandaj

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October 19, 2022

Wounded, tortured detainee in critical condition in Iran’s Mahabad

The health condition of a veterinarian from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, named Peyman Golabi, who was injured and arrested by Iranian security forces on 12 October, is reported to be

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August 17, 2022

Iran security forces detain 10 Kurdish civilians in Bukan, Mahabad

Following the new wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in Iran, at least 10 civilians were arrested by the security forces in the cities of Bukan, Mahabad, and Miandoab in West

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February 5, 2021

Iran arrests two Kurdish civilians in Mahabad

Iranian security forces have arrested two Kurdish civilians in the western city of Mahabad, in the past week, in the continued wave of arrests of the Kurds in the region.The arrested civilians were

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September 25, 2020

Civilians Killed by Security Forces

A Jeep vehicle was targeted by security forces near the village of Chavargah, Mahabad county, West Azerbaijan province, as a result of which all the four passengers of the car were killed, Sources

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