Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Soleiman Abdi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was sent to Saqqez prison on 3 March to serve an eight-month sentence. Abdi had been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez on charges of "propaganda against the state". Additionally, on 14 July 2023, Branch 105 of the Criminal Court Two in Saqqez sentenced the Kurdish teacher...

Soleiman Abdi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, was temporarily released from Saqqez Prison on 10 April. The activist was released on a bail of 200 million tomans – nearly 4,000 USD – after 22 days of detention. Iranian security forces arrested Abdi at his home in Saqqez on 19 March without a court order and took him to the Ministry...

A group of teachers gathered outside the Ministry of Education in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 26 March to protest against the continued detention of Soleiman Abdi, a member of the Saqqez-Kurdistan Teachers' Union. The teachers demanded his release, holding placards and chanting slogans in support of the activist. Iranian security forces arrested Abdi in Saqqez on 19 March and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence...