Kurdistan Human Rights Network

For the second day in a row, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has carried out intense shelling, causing extensive environmental damage in the Shaho mountainous region near the villages of Tangivar and Palangan in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that IRGC forces stationed around the villages of Tangivar and Palangan carried out aggressive shelling on 29 January, causing...

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 province, continue to pose a significant challenge. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), one of the environmental activists present in the affected area confirmed the presence of a human element in the extensive wildfires,...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have shelled yesterday the protected forests of Shaho Mountain, between the villages of Deyvaznav and Palangan in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, causing a fire in large part of the forest. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), several residents of the region expressed concerns about the continuation of the fire. IRGC forces prevented the people's volunteer forces from...

An Iranian military convoy carrying the heavy equipments of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have stationed near the village of Kani Hosseinbag of Sarvabad, bombarding the heights of Shaho Mountain located between the villages of Deyvaznav and Daleh Marz on 5 April, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The shelling, which took place without prior notice to the people of the area,...

An Iranian court has sentenced Kurdish woman and environmental activist Faranak Jamshidi to four years in prison, accusing her of “membership in one of the Kurdish opposition parties”, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The trial of Jamshidi’s case was held on 23 January, and the sentence was officially notified to her lawyer on 2 February. Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in...