Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Towhid Darvish, who was arrested during last year's anti-government protests in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, has attempted suicide in recent days to protest against being held in a state of uncertainty in the city prison. During his suicide attempt, part of his neck was cut with a sharp object. After being transferred to the prison infirmary and receiving medical treatment, he was...

Kurdish political prisoner Towhid Darvish, acquitted by the Iranian Supreme Court of "enmity against God" (moharebeh), will be retried on 14 May before the second branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province. Darvish, a 27-year-old taxi driver, was arrested in Tabriz on 29 September after he had transported passengers in his car from the city of Khoy to the city of...

The Branch Nine of Iran's Supreme Court has acquitted Kurdish political prisoner Towhid Darvish of "enmity against God", overturning the ruling of the lower court and referring the case back to the court for investigation. In early January, the Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, sentenced Darvish to 10 years of imprisonment in exile in Ahvaz prison and payment...

The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, has sentenced the detained 27-year-old Kurdish civilian Towhid (Loghman) Darvish to 10 years of imprisonment in exile in Ahvaz prison and payment of 5 billion Tomans – nearly 125,000 USD – in damages to a bank. The security forces claimed that they had arrested him for "participation in setting fire to a bank" during the protests...

Detained 27-year-old Kurdish civilian Towhid (Loghman) Darvish will be tried on 24 December over “enmity against God” (moharebeh), a charge that carries the death penalty in Iran, a credible source close to the case told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  The judicial authorities had informed his family that the trial would be held on 24 December at the Islamic Revolution Court in Tabriz in the...