Yarsan Archives - KHRN

October 13, 2023

Iran court sentences Yarsani Kurdish civilian to death

Branch Two of the Kermanshah Criminal Court One has sentenced Yarsani Kurdish civilian Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei to death, payment of blood money, one year of imprisonment and 74 lashes. Rasaei was

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July 5, 2021

Kurdish Yarsani activists go on hunger strike in solidarity with jailed activist

The Yarsan Civil Rights Activists’ Advisory Council said in a statement that a group of its members, along with several other Yarsani activists, have gone on hunger strike yesterday for 48 hours in

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December 29, 2019

Kurdish Yarsan Society Activist Taken to Dizelabad Prison

A Kurdish Yarsan civil society rights activist was transferred to Dizelabad Prison from the Intelligence unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights

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November 9, 2019

Kurdish Yarsan Student Denied Education

A Kurdish Yarsan student was barred from completing his dissertation by Razi University of Kermanshah for mentioning his religion as Yarsan (also known as Ahle Haqq) at a questionnaire as part of his

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November 20, 2018

Continued Summons and Pressure on Yarsan Activists in Kermanshah

On the eve of the 17th commemoration of the Yarsan great master known as Seyed Khalil Alinezhad, Kermanshah Intelligence Office has summoned members of the Yarsan civil society activists' council

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July 16, 2018

A Yarsan Cultural Activist Realised on Bail

Sam Abbasi Goorejooyi (an artist and Yarsan activist), who was arrested on Thursday, July 12 by security forces, has been released on bail. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed

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July 15, 2018

A Yarsani Cultural Activist Arrested in Kermanshah

Sam Abbasi Goorejooyi (an artist and Yarsani activist) has been arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the

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March 7, 2018

Concern Over Fate of a Yarsani Detainee in Karaj

Although two months has passed since the arrest of one of the Yarsani activists (resident of Mehr Shahr in Karaj) whose family have repeatedly inquired about his whereabouts, there is no information

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February 13, 2018

Hundreds of Adherents of Yarsanism Condemned the Turkey Attack on Kurds in Afarin

Following the massive condemnation of the Turkish Army's attack on the Canton of Afrin by various cultural and civilian figures and institutions in Iran, Hundreds of Adherents of Yarsanism in Iran

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