Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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 July 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 12 prisoners over the past month in...

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 June 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 seven prisoners over the past month in...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran became victims of human rights violations in May 2023. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions Iran executed at least 23 prisoners over the past month in Orumiyeh, Sanandaj, Salmas, Kermanshah, Karaj, Mashhad, Khorramabad, and Rasht. Only one...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran became victims of human rights violations in April 2023. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Killings of civilians At least two Kurdish civilians were killed by Iranian military forces in April. Eynollah Ghadernezhad was shot in Oshnavieh,...

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...

17:00 Local Time On 23 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran's security forces arrested a Kurdish former political prisoner named Dler Nasri in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province and took him to an undisclosed location. Reportedly, Nasri was arrested without a court order at his shop. 16:00 Local Time On 23 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran's security forces arrested a civilian named Mostafa Ghanipour in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province...

The military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 104 Kurdish civilians, including 11 children, since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people after the government's murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini. Of the 104 civilians, 41 were killed in West Azerbaijan province (13 in Mahabad, 12 in Bukan, eight in Piranshahr, four in Orumiyeh, three in Oshnavieh, one...

23:00 Local Time On the evening of 24 November, Iranian border forces shot dead a 36-year-old civilian named Jabbar Farghizadeh near the village of Asnavi in Marivan, Kurdistan province. 19:39 Local Time At the same time as the general strike in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continued to deploy military convoys to the city on 24 November. Anti-riot and IRGC vehicles were stationed in...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces shot and killed a 21-year-old man named Rebaz Salehivand with shotgun pellets in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, on 22 November. "Yesterday morning, near the village of Haji Mamian in Mahabad, Rebaz Salehivand and one of his friends, whose identity is unknown, were shot by IRGC forces from a distance of a few meters while driving a motorcycle, and...