Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Iranian authorities has executed a prisoner on drug-related charges at Mianduab Prison on Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was taken to solitary confinement cells a day before his execution. In an interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network, an informed source identified the executed prisoner as Mehdi Saki, 38, from the city of Dorood in Lorestan province. "Mehdi Saki was arrested in Mahabad in 2013...

The authorities of Iran’s Mahabad prison have illegally transferred Kurdish political prisoner Rasoul Khezr Mruwat to Mianduab prison without giving a reason for the illegal transfer, a reliable source said in an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). “On 11 September Rasoul Khezr Mruwat was transferred from Mahabad prison to Mianduab prison on the orders of the prison chief and prosecutor. And this...