PAK Archives - KHRN

July 30, 2020

Kurdish Woman Jailed for 15 Years Despite Being Promised Amnesty

Kurdish civilian Shahnaz Sadeghifar has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Branch 2 of Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Sheikhlou on July 21, 2020. She returned to Iran with her daughter Ainaz Zare Mehr from Kurdistan last year after receiving an "immunity letter" from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, she was charged with "acting against national security" through membership in the Kurdistan...

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November 25, 2018

Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Transferred to the Quarantine of Saqqez Prison

Two members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, Hoshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostadghader, were transferred to the prison quarantine of Saqqez after 108 days of detention at the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Facility. These two political prisoners have visited their families once briefly on Oct 28 and 29 at the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Facility in the city of Sanandaj with the presence of interrogators. Kurdistan Human...

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November 6, 2018

Hoshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostad Ghader Still Detained at the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Facility in the City of Sanandaj

The family of Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostadghader (Two members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party who were arrested on Aug 3, 2018 by security forces near Saqqez) visited them on Oct 28 and 29. Security interrogators told the families that they will be transferred to the Saqqez {Prosecutor's Office in two weeks. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “Mohammad Ostadaghader's father...

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