Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Following further arrests of Kurdish civilians in various cities, five civilians in Mahabad and another one in Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) were arrested by security forces. KHRN has been informed that five other civilians including Heman Ismaili, Sohrab Qaderzadeh, Omid Qaderi, Khaled Koolani and Salim Shaikhnejad have arrested by security forces in the past few days during another massive arrest...

Following the pressure from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence on Kurdish political and civil activists, 6 media and environmental activists from Mahabad were summoned by this security agency and released after several hours of interrogation. “On Saturday, December 29, six media activists and environmental activists of Mahabad, Herman Vatmani, editor-in-chief of the Tahlil-e-Haje, Pola Axaz and Pejman Ismailnejad, reporters of the afore-mentioned news site, Pexshan Qalandari,...

A 24-year-old pregnant woman called “Arezoo Darwishi, from Mahabad, suffered from a brain haemorrhage after cesarean operation and went into a coma lost her life. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, Oct 28, 2018, Arezoo Darwishi, was taken to the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Mahabad two weeks before her delivery date due to feeling pain. She went under...

Iranian security forces have detained at least 30 Kurdish religious activists and civilians (in the cities of Saqqez, Sardasht, Bukan and Mahabad) and have transferred them to unknown locations. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence have raided the houses of a number of religious activists and civilians in Saqqez, Bukan, Mahabad and Sardasht at the same time...

In the past few days, a pregnant woman has died of unexplained reasons after a normal childbirth at the Social Security Hospital of Saqqez while another pregnant woman from Mahabad suffered a brain haemorrhage after cesarean. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, on Saturday morning of Oct 28, 2018, a pregnant woman from Saqqez called Leila Braei, lost her life after normal...

A Death Row Kurdish Prisoner from Mahabad, who was sentenced to Qisas (retaliation in kind), has passed away for unknown reasons at Tabriz Central Prison. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Ali Abbasi, (50 years old from Mahabad, who was arrested three years ago and sentenced to Qisas on murder charge) has passed away due to unknown reasons at Tabriz Central Prison...

During the past few days, at least two young women in the cities of Saqqez and Mahabad have committed suicide and ended their life. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on June 06, a young woman called "Kazhal Eshkooti" from the village of Youssef Khan ended her life by hanging herself. The young woman, who was also a mother of two children,...

On the evening of Dec 26, 2017, Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (NAJA) targeted a Tradesman’s vehicle from Mahabad and killed him. A reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network that NAJA forces in Sarmydan area on the Piranshahr-Mahabad road opened fire on the vehicle of a Kurdish Tradesman called Rahmad Soleyman Zadeh (Rahmat Golyari). The concerned tradesman, who carried Tanakura goods, lost his life...

Three activists from Mahabad who were previously detained on charges of participating in a protest to the killing of Kolbars have been sentenced to several months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Mahabad. "In the past few days, three activists called Kobra Khalandi, Mostafa Abu Bakri and Pouya Adelkhani were summoned by Revolutionary Court in Mahabad (branch 1) headed by Judge Javad Gholami who...