Kurdistan Human Rights Network

By Awat Pouri Introduction According to the Open Data Website of Iran, an average of 21,000 hectares of forests and pastures in Iran burn annually. Based on the statistics of the Green Association of Chiya of Marivan, in the latest fire that occurred from August 12 to 16 in the forests around Marivan, two thousand and thirty-five hectares were burnt. This is while government authorities...

Iranian security forces detained Kurdish civil activist Dana Lanjabadi on 20 February in the city of Marivan (Mariwan in Kurdish), where a local court explained his charges as that of "propaganda against the state" and ordered his one-month detention for investigation at the local branch of the intelligence ministry, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learnt from its sources. The security forces that detained him...

After several days of relentless efforts by environmental activists and teams dispatched from various cities in Kurdistan, the raging wildfires that devastated the forests of Marivan, Kurdistan province, continue to pose a significant challenge. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), one of the environmental activists present in the affected area confirmed the presence of a human element in the extensive wildfires,...

A group of women gathered today in front of the justice building in Marivan, Kurdistan province, protesting against a lack of security for women in the city. Holding placards regarding the increase in violence against women, the demonstrators demanded security for women. In the past few days, a man, knowing that a woman in the neighbourhood was alone at home, tried to attack her by breaking...

"A Kurdish civilian from the village of Ney, Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, named Peshtiwan Afsar, was arrested after being summoned to the Revolutionary Court of this city and transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison to serve his five-year sentence.", reliable sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Peshtiwan Afsar was arrested by the Intelligence Unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the protest in...

According to reports received from reliable sources in Marivan, riots have broken out at the Bashmaq border crossing in Marivan, Kurdistan province, and several dervishes were wounded as a result of shooting by border guards. Today, July 09,2020, about 2,000 Darwishes of Tariqat Ghaderi went to the Bashmak border crossing to attend the funeral of Sheikh Mohammad Kasanzani, the leader of the Qadiri Sufi leader...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Dr. Omid Modaresi, a dentist and a well-known civil activist in Marivan, has been detained by security forces affiliated with the Marivan Intelligence Service about two weeks ago. On Wednesday, January 22, security forces arrested Dr Modarresi in his office and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. The reason for the arrest...

A Kurdish Civilian Osman Delangiz was detained upon visiting the Marivan Intelligence office. He was taken to an unknown place after his arrest, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). At the time of publishing this report, no accurate information has been released as to the reason for the detention and the fate of the Kurdish civilian. Delangiz was arrested earlier...

"Security forces in Kermanshah and Marivan are trying to introduce Borhan Mansournia as one of the martyrs of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said a close friend of Borhan Mansournia who was killed in the November 2019 protests. Borhan Mansournia, a Kurdish civilian from Marivan and a vet graduated from Orumiyeh University, was shot by security forces during a mass protest in Kermanshah....