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August 8, 2023

Kurdish civilians face death sentence in Iran protests trial

Four Kurdish civilians from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, who were arrested during last year's anti-government protests, have been charged with "enmity against God" (moharebeh) and face the death

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August 8, 2023

Kolbar’s body found in Nowsud, killed by Iran border guards

The lifeless body of a 39-year-old kolbar, Aso Karimi, was discovered in the border region of Shushami, Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 7 August. Karimi had sustained severe injuries the previous

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August 8, 2023

Fate of detained civilians uncertain as hunger strike ends

Detained civilians Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheysar-Beygi, Ayoub Garavand, Younes Garavand and Shahriar Faryadian remain in temporary detention at the pre-trial detention centre of Ilam, Ilam

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August 8, 2023

Iran border guards shoot, injure seven kolbars in Nowsud

Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah province, on 6 August, injuring at least seven people. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)

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August 7, 2023

Kurdistan battling alarming forest fires, activists allege human involvement

After several days of relentless efforts by environmental activists and teams dispatched from various cities in Kurdistan, the raging wildfires that devastated the forests of Marivan, Kurdistan

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August 3, 2023

Security forces arrest two Kurdish civilians in Abdanan, Marivan

Security forces have arrested Kurdish civilians Vali Mohseni and Alan Ardeshiri in Abadan, Ilam province, and Marivan, Kurdistan province, in recent days, and taken them to undisclosed

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August 3, 2023

Security forces target ex-political prisoner’s car, arrest family

Security forces opened fire on the vehicle of Pouria Ahmadi, a former political prisoner and civil rights activist, as he was traveling from Sanandaj to Marivan on 1 August. After forcing the car

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August 2, 2023

Iran’s detention of Kurdish protester enters eight months

Rahim Shamei, a Kurdish civilian who was arrested during anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, following the government's killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, has been detained in a

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August 2, 2023

Iran executes three prisoners for drug-related charges

Prisoners Mohammad Javad Akbari, Sharif Akbari and Kianoush Teymouri were executed today for drug-related offences in Parsiloun Prison of Khorramabad, Lorestan province. The three prisoners were

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