Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested at least 13 Kurdish civilians and activists in the past few days in Abdanan, Mahabad, Sanandaj and Rasht and took them to undisclosed locations. Civilians named Sonia Sharifi, 17, Amir Hossein Mousavi, 16, and Mohammad Ghassemi were arrested in Abdanan, Ilam province. On the evening of 20 November, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces raided...

The military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killed at least 15 civilians in public protests in Iranian Kurdistan from 19 to 21 November. The total number of Kurdish civilians killed in the protests across Iran has reached 98 people. After more than two months since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic of Iran, popular protests continue...

With the military-security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killing at least 25 civilians in public protests in Iranian Kurdistan in the last three days, the number of Kurdish civilians killed in the protests across Iran has reached 83. After more than two months since the beginning of the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic of Iran, popular protests continue...

Public protests against the state killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini continue in the fourth week in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Dehgolan, Divandarre, Kermanshah, Marivan, Mahabad, Bukan, Kamyaran, Javanrud, Salas-e Babajani and Qorveh despite the tense security atmosphere and the militarisation of these cities. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)'s investigations show that since the beginning of the protests, the anti-riot and the paramilitary Basij forces killed at least...

Prison authorities in Sanandaj Central Prison in Kurdistan province, northwestern Iran, have taken strict security measures inside the prison following the severe suppression of protesting prisoners on 1 October. "On 1 October, after the prisoners' protests started, the doors of some prison wards were opened and the prisoners tried to escape from the prison. But they were severely suppressed with the intervention of the prison...

Anti-riot forces shot and killed a 16-year-old child named Amir Hossein Basati during the public protests held in Kermanshah, western Iran, on 21 September, over the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. A relative of the teenager told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that he was shot dead from a close range around Modarres Street in Kermanshah. The source said the family initially did not know...

Security forces have detained hundreds of civilians in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after the nationwide protests broke out over the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. They have taken the detained protestors to the security detention centre and the central prison of Sanandaj. The transfer of so many people to the prison resulted in the overpopulation of the prison, leading to problems for both inmates and detainees. Investigations carried...

Iranian forces have killed at least 20 protestors and injured 490 during the protest rallies held in the past two weeks across the Kurdish cities, in western Iran, over the killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested on 13 September for having worn...

A civilian named Samad Barginia, injured in the recent protests in Piranshahr, northwestern Iran, died on 29 September after being hospitalised for a week in Khomeini Hospital in Orumiyeh due to the severity of his injuries. Barginia's burial ceremony was held on 29 September with the presence of security forces. The 52-year-old civilian was the father of two children. Anti-riot forces shot at him from a close...