Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces have arrested at least four more civilians in the run-up to and on the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Marivan, Divandarreh, Baneh and Bukan. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Kurdish filmmaker Reza Alaei was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, as he was leaving his...

The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has summoned 14 Kurdish teacher activists for questioning as the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising approaches. The activists face charges of "assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security", "propaganda against the state", and "disturbing public order", the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The individuals, all members of the Kurdistan...

Iranian security forces have arrested Mina Soltani, the mother of Shahriar Mohammadi, a protester killed during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in 2022, ahead of the second anniversary of the protests. Soltani was arrested without a warrant at her home in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, at around 18:00 local time on 11 September and taken to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilian Soleyman Choupani during a raid on his home in the village of Gerd Kashaneh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 September. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Ministry of Intelligence raided Choupani's home and arrested him without a warrant. Choupani's current whereabouts and the charges against him remain unknown. The arrest comes at a time of heightened...

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilian Saadoun Sharifi on 4 September in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, as part of a wider wave of arrests targeting Kurdish civilians ahead of the second anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Sharifi was arrested without a warrant after security forces raided his family's home in the village of Gard Aseh in Piranshahr and taken to an undisclosed location,...

Security forces today raided the homes of Siavash Soltani and Ramyar Aboubakri, family members of protesters killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, and arrested them without warrants. At approximately 03:00 local time, security agents forcibly entered the home of the Aboubakri family and detained Ramyar Aboubakri, the 16-year-old brother of Zanyar Aboubakri, who was killed during the Women,...

At least 13 Kurdish civilians and activists, including Verisheh Moradi, Sardar Shah-Moradi, Ali Ghassemi, Pezhman Soltani, Kaveh Salehi, Rizgar Beygzadeh Baba-Miri, Javanmard Mam-Khosravi, Kamran Soltani, Mohammad Faraji, Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Hossein Khosravi, Soleyman Adhami, and Hiwa Nouri, are currently imprisoned in Iran on severe charges such as "armed insurrection" (baghi), "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz), and "enmity against God" (moharebeh), which carry the...