Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran security forces block return of slain Kurdish filmmaker’s body

Iranian security forces have impeded the return of Mansour Karimian's body, a Kurdish filmmaker from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and have opposed his burial in his hometown. Karimian, 39, who had travelled to Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) for a film project in recent months, was killed in a Turkish military drone strike in Derik on 23 December 2023. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karimian's...

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