Kurdistan Human Rights Network

On Saturday morning, Sept 8, 2018, three Kurdish political prisoners called Ramin Hossein Panahi, Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi were executed in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. The transfer of Ramin Hossein Panahi from Sanandaj prison to Rajai Shahr prison and transfer of Zanyar and Loghman Moradi to solitary confinement had increased fears about their imminent execution. However, it was expected that the widely...

GENEVA (7 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent executions of Iranian Kurd prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, amid serious concerns that they did not receive a fair trial and were tortured during pre-trial detention. They also reiterated calls to halt the execution of Mr. Ramin Hossein Panahi. “We urge the Government of Iran to immediately halt...

On Wednesday, Sept 5, 2018 two political prisoners known as Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, sentenced to death, have been transferred to quarantine section of Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. Accordingly, there is an increased fear about their imminent execution. After being transferred to the quarantine section of the Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, the prison authorities contacted their families yesterday, on Sept 6, 2018, and...

there has been a physical and verbal conflict between four religious prisoners held in Gohardasht (on charges of membership in ISIL and Al-Qaeda) with a number of political prisoners . As a result, two political prisoners have been injured. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that following a verbal conflict between a political prisoner called Houshang Rezaei (sentenced to death) and one of...

Uncertainty has continued looming over the status of the legal case of Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi eight year after their imprisonment. The Iranian judiciary has refused to accept their request to have a fair trial to provide evidence and documents through their lawyer. KHRN has obtained and publishes full text below of a translated letter written by the two prisoners on the latest...