Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A 17-year-old child named Mobin Feizi, who was severely injured by shotgun pellets that hit his head during the public protests in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, on 15 November, has lost his ability to move an arm and a leg after undergoing two surgeries. On 15 November, the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot Feyzi in the head with a shotgun in one...

Four detained Kurdish civilians named Javad Ayati, Hedi Nazemi, Peyman Mansouri and Fayegh Hosseinpour are still being held in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. Reportedly, the detainees are being pressured by interrogators to accept the accusations made against them. The civilians who come from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, were arrested on 20 November in Mahabad. Since their arrest, the...

A Kurdish civilian named Shahriar Adeli died in the hospital on 8 December due to torture in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sardasht, West Azarbaijan province, after being temporarily released on bail. The 27-year-old civilian was arrested on 22 November for participating in the public protests in Sardasht. The interrogators of the intelligence ministry severely tortured the young man under detention. He was...

Concerns are growing over the situation of the Kurdish rapper and singer Saman Yasin (Seydi) after he was transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, about 10 days ago. In the past few weeks, Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Salvati, sentenced Yasin to death on charges of "enmity against god"...

A 21-year-old man named Houman Abdollahi, who was injured yesterday during the public protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, passed away hours later due to the severity of his injuries after being taken to Sanandaj's Kowsar Hospital. The military-security forces initially wounded Abdollahi with shotgun pellets. They then hit him with batons and gave him an electric shock during the protests in the Hassan Abad neighbourhood...

A 24-year-old Kurdish man named Sepehr Aazami who was shot by the Islamic Republic of Iran's military-security forces on 3 November, passed away due to the severity of his injuries in Karaj, northern Iran, on 6 December. On 3 November, the government forces shot Aazami from a close range at the commemoration ceremony of the 40th day of the government killing of a young woman...

At least 120 truck drivers in Paveh, Kermanshah province, have stopped working since 5 December and have joined the nationwide general strikes by truck drivers across Iran. In the past few days, the Public Relations of the Road Maintenance and Transportation Department of Paveh threatened and pressured the truck drivers to force them to end the strike. Reportedly, they sent private text messages, or public messages...

The judicial authorities dealing with the murder case of Zhina Mahsa Amini have not taken any action regarding the requests of the lawyers of the Amini family. An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that despite the lawyers' objection to the forensic report and the request for the formation of a forensic medical board in which a number of trusted doctors introduced...

Behrouz Chamanara, former head of the Kurdistan Studies Institute and assistant professor of the Department of Kurdish Language and Literature at Kurdistan University, was arrested in Sanandaj on 25 November. Forces of the Ministry of Intelligence kidnapped Chamanara on his way to his house in Sanandaj. So far, there is no information about his condition and whereabouts. The professor, who had recently been under intense pressure from...