Kurdistan Human Rights Network

According to Iran Human Rights, a total of 481 people have been killed so far during the Mahsa (Jina) Amini protests across Iran, including in Iran's Kurdish region. KHRN data of confirmed deaths of Kurdish people shows that 121 Kurds have been killed by Iranian security forces during the protests. KHRN has verified this information via multiple sources. At least two sources have confirmed the deaths...

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, has sentenced the detained 27-year-old Kurdish civilian Towhid (Loghman) Darvish to 10 years of imprisonment in exile in Ahvaz prison and payment of 5 billion Tomans – nearly 125,000 USD – in damages to a bank. The security forces claimed that they had arrested him for "participation in setting fire to a bank" during the protests...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was sentenced to death over taking part in the recent anti-government protests in Iran's Tehran before his sentence was overturned for retrial, suffers from a breathing disorder caused by the torture he was subjected to during his interrogation in Evin Prison but has so far been denied access to proper medical care outside the jail, Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced a Kurdish journalist named Saman Ghazali to eight months in prison and a one-year ban from journalism on charges of "propaganda against the state". Ghazali was arrested after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Mahabad on 25 September. A few days later, he was transferred to the detention centre of the security institution...

Saman Yasin, a Kurdish artist sentenced to death, attempted to commit suicide by taking pills on the evening of 20 December due to the harsh detention conditions in Hall 31 of Ward 10 of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran. While Yasin was unconscious, he was taken to the prison infirmary to have his stomach washed, and be injected with the serum. Although he was...

A protester named Mohammad Haji Rasulpour, tortured under detention in Bukan, West Azerbaijan, lost his life today in the intensive care unit of a hospital in the city. Rasulpour, a former political prisoner, was temporarily released from prison on 13 December due to his deteriorating physical condition caused by torture. The security forces arrested him twice in Bukan since the beginning of the public protests. His last...

Yesterday, Iran temporarily released a 17-year-old girl named Sonia Sharifi, who was arrested by the security forces during the public protests in Abdanan, Ilam province, and accused of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). The teenager, who was held in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Ilam, was released on a bail of 400 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 10,500 USD. Many civilians from Abdanan welcomed Sharifi by dancing...

Iranian security agents have tortured a well-known Kurdish athlete from Ilam, western Iran, named Jalil Azizpour to obtain forced confessions. Security officers arrested Azizpour in Ilam on 29 November after running over him with a car. The officers took him to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Ilam while he was injured. Security interrogators subjected the athlete to severe physical and mental torture for...

A detained 17 years old girl named Sonia Sharifi has been accused of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) in Ilam, western Iran, during the past few days. Security forces arrested the young girl at her grandmother's house in Abdanan, Ilam province, on 19 November. She is currently held in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Ilam. Reportedly, the security forces severely beat Sharifi during her arrest. Security interrogators forced her...