Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Althought the Iranian security forces had urged the families of casualties of the November protests not to hold mourning ceremonies, Kurdish civilians held a mourning ceremony for Mina Sheikhi in the city of Saqqez and five other victims killed in the city of Marivan, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "On 26 December, the family of Mina Sheikhi and a group of...

A driver known as Mehran Tak was shot dead by security forces during a mass protest in Shabrang Marivan Square on 16 November. Tak, born in 1987 and married with a child, was killed by a bullet in his forehead as shown in the photo taken from his body minutes after he was shot dead. Upon the transfer of his body to the city's hospital, security...