Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Retired Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Colonel Mohammad Mehrdadi, from Mehran in Ilam Province, was shot dead by a senior IRGC commander's guard on 5 September while protesting outside the

Security forces raided the annual meeting of the Chya the Green Organisation in the village of Nachi in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, on 10 September, arresting at least 25 members. The Kurdistan

Mona Aghaei, a 14-year-old girl, was killed by her brother on 24 August in Ravansar, Kermanshah province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Aghaei, a victim of forced child

Iranian Ministry of Intelligence today arrested Kurdish civil rights activist Sherko Hejazi in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province and took him to an undisclosed location. Hejazi, who is also the chairman

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced Kurdish political prisoner Yousef Ahmadi to death on charges of "armed insurrection" (baghi) through

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish artist Vatan Dousti on 6 September in Dehloran, Ilam province. Details of the charges against Dousti, who is from Pahleh, Ilam Province, and the location

Omid Ghadimi, the brother of Foad Ghadimi, one of the victims of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by security forces on a street in the city on 7

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin and 12 other political prisoners have been on a hunger strike since 3 September in protest at their transfer to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj and the harsh

Parsa Ghobadi, a young protester who was shot in both eyes during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, on 21 November 2022, was arrested by security forces in the