Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish journalist Nazila Maroofian has revealed in a phone call from Tehran's Evin prison that she was sexually assaulted and physically beaten by security forces during her latest arrest, the fourth since last year's anti-government protests. Maroofian, who was arrested on 30 August during a violent raid by security forces on her home in Tehran, said in an audio recording of a phone call that...

Nazila Maroofian, a Kurdish journalist from Saqqez based in Tehran, has been sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in the capital. The court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, convicted her on charges of "propaganda against the state" and "conspiracy to disrupt national security". In addition to the prison sentence, Maroofian was ordered to pay a fine of...

Kurdish journalist Nazila Maroofian has been arrested by security forces in Tehran for the fourth time since the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising began. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces forced their way into the journalist's home in Tehran today, where they beat and arrested her without a warrant. After her arrest, Maroofian, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was taken to an undisclosed...

Kurdish journalist Nazila Maroofian was arrested after being summoned to the Evin Prosecutor's Office in Tehran on 8 July. Earlier on 4 July, security forces raided Maroofian's home in Tehran and confiscated some of her personal belongings, including her mobile phone and laptop. On the same day, she wrote on her Twitter account that security forces had asked her to appear at the Evin Prosecutor’s Office...

Iranian security forces today raided the home of Kurdish journalist Nazila Maroofian in Tehran and confiscated some of her personal belongings, including her mobile phone and laptop. Maroofian took to Twitter to report the incident, adding that security forces also asked her to appear at the Evin Prosecutor's Office on 8 July. Maroofian, from Saqqez, Kurdistan province, was previously beaten by security forces at Tehran's Valiasr...