Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch Four of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, has sentenced environmental activist Yasser Nouri to four months in prison for allegedly engaging in "propaganda against the state". Nouri's trial took place in recent days and he was informed of the verdict today, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Nouri, a former political prisoner and environmental activist from Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, was...

Iranian security forces have arrested four Kurdish civil rights activists in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, and Javanrud, Kermanshah province, over the past week. Masoud Miraei, 53, was arrested without a warrant on 24 July and has been denied access to medical care since his arrest. The activist, who recently underwent open heart surgery a while ago and also suffers from diabetes, was arrested on the Sanandaj-Kermanshah road...