Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian border guards wounded livestock farmer Mohammad Azizi in the Dulehbi border region of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 10 May. Border forces shot the civilian twice in the arm and beat him while he was grazing his livestock, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The forces also confiscated the livestock of the farmer, who comes from the village of Darman Abad in Sardasht. Azizi...

Iranian security forces killed at least four civilians during public protests in Sanandaj, Kermanshah and Bukan, western Iran, on 12 October. Local businesses and shop owners were closed yesterday in Sanandaj, Marivan, Baneh, Bukan, Mahabad, Saqqez, Kamyaran, Dehgolan, Divandarreh and some neighbourhoods of Kermanshah after a call for widespread protests and strikes was published. Simultaneously with the protests, the anti-riot forces, the paramilitary Basij forces of...