Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian forces have killed at least 20 protestors and injured 490 during the protest rallies held in the past two weeks across the Kurdish cities, in western Iran, over the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested on 13 September for having worn...

Iranian forces have arrested hundreds of protestors across Kurdish cities, in the west of the country, following the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested on 13 September for having worn the hijab “inappropriately” and was beaten by the morality police on the...

Since the beginning of the protests against the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, at least 36 civilians and civil rights activists were arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Paveh, Kermanshah province. Of these 36 people, 12 still remain in the custody of security institutions and 24 have been released after signing an undertaking not to participate in the protests. The names of those still in...

Iranian forces have killed at least 17 protestors, injured 435 and arrested 570 during the protests rallies held in the past week across the cities of Kurdistan over the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah and Ilam provinces, along with other cities and provinces of Iran, were the scene of widespread protests throughout the past week, which initially started in Saqqez, Sanandaj...

Iranian anti-riot forces killed at least three civilians during the protests held over the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in Ilam and Eslamabad-e Gharb on the evening of 21 September. These protestors are identified as Mohsen Gheysari, Saeid Mohammadi and Amir Fouladi. "Anti-riot forces shot at a group of protestors on Taleghani Street in Ilam, killing Gheysari with two bullets and severely injuring another person", said...

Iran's anti-riot forces killed a 55-year-old woman by the name of Minou Majidi during a protest rally held yesterday in Nobahar Street of Kermanshah, western Iran. Majidi's body has been taken to the Department of Forensic Medicine and has not yet been handed over to her family. In an interview with the state media, the Kermanshah Public Prosecutor confirmed that two people were killed and 25...

After the political parties and the civil society in Kurdistan called for public protests, people in the cities of Saqqez, Sanandaj, Baneh, Bukan, Piranshahr, Oshnavieh, Mahabad, Dehgolan, Divandarreh, Ravansar and Marivan started a general strike by closing down their businesses on 19 September. Simultaneously, people went on the streets in the cities of Kermanshah, Saqqez, Bukan, Mahabad, Divandarreh, Kamyaran, Marivan, Sanandaj, Dehgolan, Qorveh, Takab, Bijar,...

A group of lawyers in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, have expressed their sympathy for Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's family and declared their readiness to accept the representation of the case until the final result is reached. The full text of the statement is as follows: In the deplorable economic situation and the collapse of social values, the suspicious and tragic death of Ms Mahsa Amini (Zhina) has...

A Kurdish civilian identified as Zanyar Mohammadnezhad was arrested on 16 September during a protest rally in front of Kasra Hospital in Tehran after Mahsa (Zhina) Amini passed away. Mohammadnezhad, who comes from Sanandaj in Kurdistan province and resides in Tehran, was taken to an undisclosed location. After his arrest, Mohammadnezhad informed his family in a brief phone call that he had been arrested by security...