Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has extended the temporary detention of Kurdish civilians Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji and Kamran Soltani for two more months. The trio, who were previously charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) for their alleged "involvement in the murder of a security officer" during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Bukan, have...

Kurdish civilians Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji, and Kamran Soltani have been charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz), a crime that carries the possibility of the death penalty in Iran. The accusations are linked to their alleged "involvement in the murder of a security officer" during the anti-government uprising of Jin Jiyan Azadi (Women Life Freedom) in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. Sheikh-Maroufi, Faraji and...

Iranian security forces detained civilians Mohammad Faraji, Afshin Rasouli, and Reza Mohammad-Reza in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, on 22 February. The civilians were arrested without a judicial order and taken to an undisclosed location, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Faraji was previously arrested on 14 January and released on bail after about a month.