Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Detained environmental activists Mohsen Dadgar, Saeid Dadgar and Yasser Saberi were recently transferred from the Revolutionary Guards' Shahramfar detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, to the city's central prison after their interrogation. The activists were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 20 June while attempting to extinguish forest fires caused by IRGC shelling on Mount Kusalan. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been holding environmental activists Mohsen Dadgar, Saeid Dadgar, and Yasser Saberi in detention for over two weeks without access to legal representation or visits from their families. The activists were arrested by IRGC forces on 20 June while attempting to extinguish forest fires caused by IRGC shelling of Mount Kusalan. After their arrest, the individuals...