A Kurdish civilian transferred from the Orumiyeh Intelligence Service to Naqadeh Prison on October 20, 2019, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)
Seyed Reza Ahmadi, from the village of Turksh of Piranshahr who was arrested on August 1, was accused of “cooperating with one of the Kurdish opposition parties” by Intelligence officials during the interrogation process.
The whereabouts of Kamal Lotfi, the father of Reza Lotfi, one of the protesters killed during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in...
Read MoreKurdish civilians Mohsen Ghader-Rash and Omid Ghadernezhad were arrested after they were summoned by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
Read MoreSecurity forces today raided the village of Deyvaznav in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, and arrested civilians Omid Shahdad, Omar Hosseini and Ali Hosseini. The Kurdistan...
Read MoreSeyvan Dast-Afkan, a 31-year-old kolbar, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards on 17 April at the Tateh Pass in the Hawraman region of...
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The whereabouts of Kamal Lotfi, the father of Reza Lotfi, one of the protesters killed during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province, remain unknown ten days after his arrest. Lotfi was recently sentenced to a total of five years in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Dehgolan. On 9 April, Lotfi was arrested after being summoned to the Public and...
Kurdish civilians Mohsen Ghader-Rash and Omid Ghadernezhad were arrested after they were summoned by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province, on 17 April. The duo were arrested for taking part in the Newroz (also known as Nowruz in Persian) celebrations and taken to Miandoab Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Security institutions, including the...
Security forces today raided the village of Deyvaznav in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, and arrested civilians Omid Shahdad, Omar Hosseini and Ali Hosseini. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces beat and arrested the three civilians without a warrant during a raid on their homes and workplaces. Details of the charges against the individuals and the location of their detention remain unknown. Over the...
Kurdish civil rights activist Khadijeh Mehdipour was detained by the Morality Police at Tehran's Nabard metro station on 16 April for wearing non-conforming clothing. Mehdipour, a former political prisoner originally from Eyvan-e Gharb in Ilam Province who lives in Tehran, was released after a few hours in custody. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Morality Police officers beat Mehdipour during her arrest and...
Whereabouts of Kurdish retired teacher and civil rights activist Salman Olfati, who was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, on 12 April, remain unknown. Olfati, 60, was arrested on a street in Gilan-e Gharb and taken to an undisclosed location. IRGC intelligence agents also conducted a raid on the activist's family home without presenting a...