Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A Kurdish rapper and singer named Saman Yasin (Seydi), who is held in Tehran's Evin Prison on charges of "enmity against God" (moharebeh), has been subjected to severe physical and mental torture to make a confession on TV. The tortures the artist was subjected to include being kept in a very cold place for three successive days, severe beatings and being thrown from a height. On...

17:00 Local Time On 23 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran's security forces arrested a Kurdish former political prisoner named Dler Nasri in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province and took him to an undisclosed location. Reportedly, Nasri was arrested without a court order at his shop. 16:00 Local Time On 23 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran's security forces arrested a civilian named Mostafa Ghanipour in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province...

The military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 104 Kurdish civilians, including 11 children, since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people after the government's murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini. Of the 104 civilians, 41 were killed in West Azerbaijan province (13 in Mahabad, 12 in Bukan, eight in Piranshahr, four in Orumiyeh, three in Oshnavieh, one...

23:00 Local Time On the evening of 24 November, Iranian border forces shot dead a 36-year-old civilian named Jabbar Farghizadeh near the village of Asnavi in Marivan, Kurdistan province. 19:39 Local Time At the same time as the general strike in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continued to deploy military convoys to the city on 24 November. Anti-riot and IRGC vehicles were stationed in...

The security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested at least 13 Kurdish civilians and activists in the past few days in Abdanan, Mahabad, Sanandaj and Rasht and took them to undisclosed locations. Civilians named Sonia Sharifi, 17, Amir Hossein Mousavi, 16, and Mohammad Ghassemi were arrested in Abdanan, Ilam province. On the evening of 20 November, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces raided...

The military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killed at least 15 civilians in public protests in Iranian Kurdistan from 19 to 21 November. The total number of Kurdish civilians killed in the protests across Iran has reached 98 people. After more than two months since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic of Iran, popular protests continue...

With the military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killing at least 25 civilians in public protests in Iranian Kurdistan in the last three days, the number of Kurdish civilians killed in the protests across Iran has reached 83. After more than two months since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic of Iran, popular protests continue...

Iranian military-security forces detained at least seven protesters in Muchesh, Kurdistan province, during public protests that took place on the evening of 10 November. The people of Muchesh went to the streets for the first time since the beginning of the country-wide protests against the government's killing of Zhina Mahsa Amini. As the protests broke out, military-security forces started shooting at the protesters and arrested a...

Since the beginning of the country-wide popular protests in Iran, at least seven civilians in Orumiyeh, Piranshahr, Saqqez, Sanandaj and Bijar have suffered irreparable injuries in the eye and loss of sight in one or both eyes as a result of the shooting of anti-riot forces with shotguns. On 17 September, during the burial ceremony of Zhina Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, at least...