Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Intentional Killing of Unarmed Civilians Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity September 5, 2023 – A new report just released by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reveals shocking state violence by Islamic Republic security forces against unarmed civilians in the predominantly Kurdish city of Javanrud, which occurred during the protests that shook Iran in the...

Iranian security forces have detained at least two Kurdish civilians, Mosab Khedri and Mazhar Moradi, in the past few days in Javanrud, Kermanshah province. The detained civilians have been taken to an undisclosed location. The Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have detained at least 40 civilians in Javanrud since the 40th day of commemorating the victims of...

Iranian security forces raided several houses in Javanrud, Kermanshah province in western Iran, on 10 January, arresting at least four civilians, including a teenager. The names of the detained civilians are Kamal Zaheri, Parsa Afsharnia, Pedram Ghafouri and Moeib Hosseini, a 15-year-old boy. The Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have detained at least 33 civilians in Javanrud...

Iranian security forces arrested at least 14 students, six female and eight male students, in the past weeks in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, and took them to the detention centre of the Police in charge of Supervision over Public Facilities and Locations (known as Amaken in Persian). A source that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said students named Kimia Ali-Moradi, Sondos Yaghoubi, Hiro...

Security Agencies in Javanrud Continue Pursuing Protesters, Threatening Their Families  Deployment of the security forces to the city of Javanrud continued in the last few days to further crack down on the protesters hit Iran cities since 16 November. Despite intense security measures, the funeral of four protesters- including Kaveh Mohammadi, Mobin Abdollahi from Schwankara village, Jabar Tajare and Ali (Younis) Firouzbakht- who were all killed by...

At least 29 civilians have been killed, over 200 got wounded and hundreds have been arrested in the Kurdish cities in Iran following a new wave of protests in Iran against skyrocketing of petrol prices in the country, several sources confirmed to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Following the sudden increase in petrol price, widespread protests across Iran, including Kurdish cities such as Ilam, Dehloran, Islamabad...

Several people of the Kurdish-Iranian city Javanrud continued protesting the hike in the petrol prices in Iran for the second day despite strong security measures main streets of the city where the Iranian security forces opened fires at the protestors, various sources in the city of Javanrud told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network  (KHRN). Although the number of casualties has not been reported yet, the KHRN...