Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Special Clerical Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced Sunni Kurdish clerics Seyyed Soleyman Ahmadi, Younes Nowkhah, Seyyed Jamaladdin Vazhi and Sharif Mahmoudpour to a total

Kurdish Sunni cleric Younes Nowkhah was released today on a bail of 500 million Tomans – nearly 12,000 USD – from Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-west Iran. Iranian security forces detained

Detained Kurdish Sunni clerics Sharif Mahmudpour and Seyyed Soleiman Ahmadi were released on bail from Orumieh Central Prison on 12 February. Another Kurdish cleric Younes Nowkhah's detention has

Security forces have arrested at least four Kurdish clerics since yesterday in Piranshahr and its suburbs, in north-western Iran, over a statement they issued, calling for the "unconditional" release

Iran's Special Clerical Court in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Kurdish cleric Younes Nowkhah to a total of four years and six months in prison over a series of charges. The

A Kurdish cleric named Younes Nowkhah, who was detained for criticising the government, has been released on bail from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 25 July. On 7 July, Iranian security forces

A group of Kurdish clerics gathered in front of the office of the Grand Islamic Centre of Piranshahr, in West Azarbaijan province, on 12 July and demanded the immediate release of the detained

Iranian security forces have detained a Kurdish cleric named Younes Nowkhah in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province, on 7 July. Nowkhah, who is a teacher at the Salahuddin Ayubi School of