Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch 113 of the Criminal Court Two in Orumiyeh, in north-western Iran, last week sentenced Fakhraddin Ebrahimi, son of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, to one year in prison and two years of suspended imprisonment. The court charged Ebrahimi, 22, with "damaging the windows of the Appeals Court's security door". The civilian was tried in April without the right to a lawyer and was...

Fakhraddin Ebrahimi, son of the executed Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, was arrested on 3 April after being summoned to Branch Nine of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Orumiyeh, north-western Iran. After his arrest, Ebrahimi was transferred to a high-security detention centre in the city. Last week, the prosecutor's office summoned the 19-year-old, alleging that he had "damaged state property". On 16 March, Ebrahimi, 19,...

Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi was executed today at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran. At the same time, the death sentences of four other Kurdish civilians, Yasin Rashidi, Jahanbakhsh Radloui, Salim (Mohammad) Ayoubian, and Foruhar Abbasnezhad, who were sentenced to death on drug-related charges, were also executed. On 15 March, Ebrahimi was moved from the ward for political prisoners to solitary confinement and was visited...

Iran executed today Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, and four prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges, at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in the northwest. Ebrahimi and the four other prisoners, Yasin Rashidi, Jahanbakhsh Radloui, Salim (Mohammad) Ayoubian, and Foruhar Abbasnezhad, were moved to solitary confinement on 15 March for execution. Last night, the families and relatives of these prisoners gathered in front of Orumiyeh Central Prison. As...

Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi's family visited him today at Orumiyeh Central Prison after they were asked to go to prison for a "final visit" before his execution. Prison authorities told the family that the political prisoner's death sentence would be executed in the coming days, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Ebrahimi was sentenced to death on charges of "armed insurrection" (baghi) in January...

Death row Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi was transferred today to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran, for execution, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Simultaneously, at least five other prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges were also taken to solitary cells for execution, but so far no information has been obtained about the identities of these prisoners. In the morning,...

Death row Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi faces the imminent risk of execution after he was transferred to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran, on 7 March. On the same day, five other death row prisoners were also transferred to solitary cells in Orumiyeh prison for execution. Ebrahimi, 43, who comes from Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan province, was arrested on 3 November 2017...

Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, Mohyeddin Ebrahimi, has been returned today to Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western West Azerbaijan province, after spending a month in the detention centre of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence. During this time, he was interrogated about issues inside the prison and was denied the right to contact and receive visits by his family. On 26 October, security forces transferred five prisoners...