Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified a new detention facility run by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, where several detainees have been tortured during their detention, including participants in the Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Based on interviews with former detainees, the facility, located on Lotfi Street opposite Ghareh Hassanlou Park, is said to contain at least 110 solitary...

Iranian security agencies have pressured a family whose son was shot to death by the military-security forces in Orumiyeh, north-western Iran, forcing them to say that the young man died from a dog bite. Nima (Aslan) Shafagh-Doust, 17, who comes from Orumiyeh, was injured after being shot twice in his legs on 21 September 2022 during the anti-government protests in the Eslamabad neighbourhood of the...

Although one month have passed since the arrest of three Kurdish civilians including “Saber Kamani”, “Kamran Kamani” and Keyvan Mokaremi” residing at “Anbeh village” of Taregor Region of Orumiyeh, there is still no information available on their fate. "On July 8, 2019, several armed plainclothes along with several vehicles carrying officers affiliated with of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) came to the village and...

Following further arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists during the past few days, seven other Kurdish civilians have been arrested in Orumiyeh, Shahin Dezh, Takab, Mahabad and Sanandaj. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Sanandaj security forces have arrested Ramadan Soltaniyan at his home on July 6, 2019 and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. Ramazan Soltaniyan's sons...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)- Both retired and employed teachers held a protest gathering in front of the Kurdistan Provincial Education and Training department in Sanandaj on Thursday, February 14. The protestors were holding up signs with slogans such as “Learning mother tongue is every human's right, Free education for all citizens, training system modifications, and the end of the privatisation program.” Teachers at the gathering...

Over the past week, Iranian border guards have shot and injured three kolbars at the borders of Baneh, Sardasht, and Orumiyeh. Moreover, a Kolbar lost his life due to falling from the heights in the border areas of Sardasht and Piranshahr and another one died due to cardiac arrest. Hedi Feqi Mahmoudi Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kolbar, 29-year-old Ahmad Azizi,...

Over the past few days, Iranian border guards shot dead a kolbar from Orumiyeh and injured another one from Baneh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the border guards of Broodak opened fire on the 19-year-old Yaghoob (Kamiyan) Niksirat from Joojhi village of Orumiyeh on January 03. The incident resulted in the death of the afore-mentioned kolbar who was not carrying any...

During the past week, two Kolbars were have been injured by direct shooting of Iranian frontier forces at the borders of Baneh and Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards of Mergor in Orumiyeh have targeted a group of Kolbars on Thursday, December 27. As a result, a kolbar, Zabir Rahimi was injured. At the same time, another kolbar, Hamid...

Over past few days, two Kurdish civilians of Kamyaran and Sanandaj have been arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location while three civilians from Piranshahr and Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish), who were previously arrested, are still in detention at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention centre in Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that...