Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Isfahan sentenced the jailed Kurdish psychiatrist and translator, Dr Nasser Hemmati, to one year in prison in a second lawsuit on 20 September. The court charged Dr Hemmati with “propaganda against the state”. On 10 August, the Kurdish psychiatrist had presented himself at the Enforcement of Judgements Office in Isfahan and was arrested. He was then sent to Dastgerd...

Kurdish psychiatrist and translator Dr Nasser Hemmati has been sent to Dastgerd Prison in central Isfahan to serve his two-year sentence. He presented himself today at the Enforcement of Judgements Office in Isfahan and was arrested. On 25 December 2019, security forces had arrested Hemmati following the November 2019 protests at his house in Isfahan. He was released on bail a week later. The November 2019 protests...