Sunni Kurdish clerics Archives - KHRN

April 21, 2025

Sunni Kurdish cleric arrested after court summons, taken to undisclosed location

Loghman Amini, the Friday prayer leader of the Chahar Yar-e Nabi mosque and a religious studies teacher in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was arrested today following a summons to the Special Clerical

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January 30, 2025

Sunni Kurdish clerics prevented from travelling to Zahedan for religious ceremony

Security forces blocked the Sanandaj-Dehgolan road in Kurdistan Province and arrested Sunni Kurdish cleric Barzan Maleki and several of his students on 27 January as they were travelling to Zahedan,

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February 12, 2024

Sunni Kurdish cleric sentenced to death for ‘spreading corruption on earth’

Mohammad Khezrnezhad, a 45-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric, has been sentenced to death and 16 years in prison by Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan

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June 15, 2023

Sunni Kurdish cleric sentenced to two years, one month in prison

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Sunni Kurdish cleric Zana Khoshaman to two years and one month in prison. According to the

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June 14, 2023

Iran clerical court convicts Sunni Kurdish clerics supporting protests

The Special Clerical Court in Hamadan, in north-west Iran, has in recent days convicted Sunni Kurdish clerics Loghman Amini and Ebrahim Karimi Nanaleh for voicing support for the recent

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June 8, 2023

Iran clergy court tries two Sunni Kurdish clerics for backing protests

Sunni Kurdish clerics Loghman Amini and Ebrahim Karimi Nanaleh were put on trial on 7 June by the Special Clerical Court in Hamadan, north-west Iran. The clerics were on trial on charges of

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June 2, 2023

Iran clergy court summons two Sunni Kurdish clerics

Sunni Kurdish clerics Loghman Amini and Ebrahim Karimi Nanaleh were summoned to appear before the Special Clerical Court in Hamadan, north-west Iran, on 7 June. Earlier on 30 January, security

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