Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Since yesterday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) continue to be present at Azadi Square in Kermanshah and Sananda where protesters have gathered after the Ukrainian passenger jet was shot down by IRGC. Eyewitnesses in the Sanandaj and Kermanshah have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that security equipped with water spray vehicles had been present at Azadi (Iqbal) Square in Sanandaj and Azadi...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A Kurdish civilian, “Danial Darab Khani” who was arrested in Kermanshah in March 2017 following a nationwide protest in December, has been sentenced to one year in prison for "acting against national security.” KHRN obtained that, the trial of this civilian was held last November in Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary court of Kermanshah chaired by Judge Shahrokh Moradi....

In the past days, following the strike and protest in various cities of Iran, six students have been arrested in Orumiyeh and Kermanshah while another student in Saqez has been summoned and questioned by the Intelligence Service. According to the information obtained by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Friday, Dec 29, 2017, anti-riot forces and plainclothes forces arrested three students of Razi University of...