Kurdistan Human Rights Network

This report includes all the cases that the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has recorded and reported from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 September to 30 September 2023. Anniversary of anti-government protests September 2023 marked the first anniversary of the government's killing of Jina Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom in Kurdish) uprising. Starting...

Widespread general strike On 16 September 2023, coinciding with the first anniversary of Iran's killing of Jina Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the Jin Jiyan Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising, many cities in Kurdistan commenced their day with a widespread general strike. This general strike had been called for by Kurdish opposition parties and had garnered support from activists and civilians in Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Human...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network's (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023. Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report. Executions According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in...

This annual report covers the human rights situation of Kurds in Iran from 21 March 2022 to 21 March 2023. As in previous years, the violation of the rights of Kurdish people on the basis of their language, religion, culture, gender, sexual orientation, class, political choices, etc. continued due to the discriminatory laws of the Islamic Republic and the repressive and violent actions of...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in March 2023. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions Iran executed at least 18 prisoners over the past month in Orumiyeh, Saqqez, Kermanshah, Arak, Hamedan, and Khorramabad. Eleven of these...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has prepared this report to draw the attention of international human rights organisations to the situation of secret detention centres of two security agencies, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in Iranian Kurdistan. The report briefly addresses the location of these secret detention centres and the detention conditions, interrogation, and...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in July 2021. The following are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. ExecutionsIn July, Iran carried out the death penalties of eight prisoners on charges of drugs and...

Iranian border regiment has opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Tah Tah mountain pass in Hawraman area on 6 June, as a result of which a 35-year-old kolbar from Marivan named Soran Qaderi has been wounded, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Meanwhile, an 18-year-old kolbar named Yousef Farjami from the village of Dim Qeshlaq in West Azerbaijan province has...

Civil rights activist and student Viyan Mohammadi has gone on hunger strike on 31 May to protest against her unlawful detention. A source familiar with the detainee's situation confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: “Viyan Mohammadi, who has been detained by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran since 30 April, has gone on...