Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The execution of a prisoner named Ebrahim Ahmadi has been carried out on 2 June in Tabriz Central Prison, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The prisoner was arrested in January 2020 in Bonab on charges of “premeditated murder” of four members of his family and was transferred to Miandoab Prison. He was sentenced to public execution in Bonab on the same charge and...

Ismail Mostakhdem, a prisoner from Bukan sentenced to “retribution", lost his life at the Tabriz hospital yesterday. He was sent to the hospital from Tabriz's prison yesterday due to the worsening of his cancer. Mostakhdem was held at the prison for about 12 years. A reliable source in Bukan told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network that this prisoner recently obtained the consent of the victim's...

Following protests in Tabriz and Orumiyeh prisons during recent days, at least 10 prisoners have been reportedly transferred to security detention centres in these cities. "On Monday, March 31, prisoners of ward 2-1 at Orumiyeh Central Prison protested due to not being granted furlough despite the fears over the danger of the Coronavirus spreading. After the protest began, dozens of prison guards were stationed in...

March 26, 2020 : Following the Protest at Tabriz Prison, the physical condition of one of the prisoners "Dariush T", who was wounded by direct shooting by prison guards, is reportedly critical. Despite the urgent need for inmates to receive medical care, prison officials have refused to transfer them to the hospital.                ...

"A prisoner who had been sentenced to execution on the charge of "premeditated murder", was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on January 21.",an informed source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Bayram Gholikhani, 45 years old from Khoy of East Azerbaijan Province, was a resident of Azarshahr. He was arrested about 5 years ago for "murder" of his brother-in-law and then...

A prisoner. who had been sentenced to execution on the charge of "premeditated murder", was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison this morning, informed sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Naser Ilghami, 50 years old from Hashtrood of East Azerbaijan Province, had been transferred to solitary confinement on December 02, in preparation for execution.  He was arrested about three years ago for "premeditated murder"...

 A prisoner sentenced to “retribution” was hanged on the morning of 5 November 2019 at Tabriz Central Prison, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) Mohammad Doosti, 34 years old from Maragheh, had been transferred to a special ward at the Tabriz Central Prison on 4 November in preparation for the execution. Doosti had murdered one of his neighbours about five years ago during a fight in a village in Maragheh....

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a prisoner sentenced to "retribution" (execution) has been transferred to a special ward at the Tabriz Central Prison on Monday, November 04, in preparation for execution.  Tabriz Central Prison authorities have warned the death row prisoner "Mohammad Doosti" that his death sentence will be carried out on Tuesday if the victim's family...

Hossein Mohammadian, a prisoner from Bukan who was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to Qisas (retaliation in kind), has gone on hunger strike in protest to his uncertain fate despite being in prison for 15 years. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that this prisoner, who is being held in Ward 9 of Tabriz Central Prison, had gone on hunger strike on Tuesday, Sept...