Prisoner Mansour Mansouri, previously sentenced to death for murder, was executed in Ilam Central Prison on 11 March. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) had reported the execution of another prisoner, Moein Salavarzizadeh, in Ilam Central Prison on the same day. A source who spoke to KHRN said: “Mansour Mansouri, 44 years old, unmarried and from the city of Sarableh in Ilam Province, was arrested about…
Read moreMoein Salavarzizadeh, a 58-year-old man from the village of Haft Cheshmeh in Abdanan, Ilam Province, was executed today in Ilam Central Prison after spending 32 years behind bars for “premeditated murder”. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Salavarzizadeh was arrested in 1991 for the “premeditated murder” of his brother and subsequently sentenced to death by the Criminal Court One of Ilam Province,…
Read morePrisoners Fakhraddin Mangournezhad and Abbas Dadvar were executed on 7 March in Mahabad Prison, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of “premeditated murder”. Mangournezhad, from Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, and Dadvar, from Mahabad, were arrested about four years ago for the “premeditated murder” of two brothers in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province.
Read moreKurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the Women Life Freedom uprising in Tehran one and a half years ago, was transferred from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, to Aminabad Psychiatric Hospital in Rey, Tehran Province, on 5 March, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. This is Yasin’s second transfer to Aminabad in less than a year. Previously, on 22…
Read moreKamran Ghassemi, a Kurdish political prisoner who has served more than half of his seven and a half year sentence in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, began a hunger strike today in protest at the refusal of the prison authorities and the Ministry of Intelligence to grant his requests for furlough and conditional release. Following the announcement of the hunger strike, he was…
Read morePrisoner Saeid Rezaei, previously sentenced to death for “premeditated murder”, was today transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province, for the imminent execution of his sentence. Rezaei, a 38-year-old prisoner from Orumiyeh, was arrested some 14 years ago. Prison authorities have announced that Rezaei’s execution is scheduled for tomorrow morning, unless the victim’s family gives its consent.
Read moreThe authorities in Orumiyeh Central Prison have recently increased pressure and torture on prisoners after more than 800 prisoners signed an open letter calling for the removal of Peyman Khanzadeh, the head of the prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learnt that on 3 March, Akbar Maheri, the head of Section 1-2, and several prison guards severely beat two prisoners, Towhid Ghaznavi and…
Read moreSoleiman Abdi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was sent to Saqqez prison on 3 March to serve an eight-month sentence. Abdi had been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez on charges of “propaganda against the state”. Additionally, on 14 July 2023, Branch 105 of the Criminal Court Two in Saqqez sentenced the Kurdish teacher…
Read morePrison guards raided the political and religious prisoners’ ward in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 28 February, destroying prisoners’ belongings and beating some of them. The raid comes after Kurdish political prisoner Shahin Gallehdar committed suicide and more than 800 prisoners signed an open letter calling for the removal of Peyman Khanzadeh, the head of the prison, due to the increasing number of suicides in the…
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