Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A civilian by the name of Abdolsalam Ghader Galvani, who was shot by Iranian armed forces during the public protests held against the government killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, has died due to the severity of his injuries at Khomeini Hospital in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. The civilian was taken to a hospital in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan province, after the armed forces opened fire on...

On Saturday, Nov 21, a Kurdish civilian named Aziz Ronma died as a result of a mine explosion in one of the border areas of Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, a local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The 42-year-old resident of the village of "Poleh" in Oshnoyeh lost his life due to sustaining serious injuries in a landmine explosion while shepherding livestock in...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Rashid Naserzadeh, director of the “Shno 24” Telegram Channel and environmental activists, has been released on a bail of 200 million tomans.  He was arrested by security forces on his way back to the Piranshahr-Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) by security forces and taken to an unknown location on Tuesday 03, December.  Naserzadeh had previously been summoned and interrogated...

Four Kurdish civilians Kamel Ahmadi Khanlar, Yusuf Ahmadi, Mohammad Amin Qazi and Kurosh Azizi were taken to Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) prison during the past two days to endure their prison terms, a source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The four detainees had previously been sentenced to four years in prison by the Oshnavieh Revolutionary Court on charges of "membership of the Democratic Party of Iranian...

Adel Salem Fard, a Kurdish detainee, was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on bail. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Adel Salem Fard, a Kurdish civilian of Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish), was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on a bail of 300 million tomans on Aug 18, 2019. This Kurdish civilian was arrested by forces of the Islamic Republic of Guards Corp (IRGC)...

Adel Salem Fard, a Kurdish civilian of Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) who was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in late June, was transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison two months after his arrest. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that this Kurdish civilian was detained on June 16, 2019 along with another civilian, Jebriel Salem Fard, by...

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...

Over past few days, two Kurdish civilians of Kamyaran and Sanandaj have been arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location while three civilians from Piranshahr and Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish), who were previously arrested, are still in detention at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention centre in Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that...

A Kolbar has been shot and injured by the Iranian border guards at Oshnavieh(Also knwon Shno in Kurdish) border . Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards Dasht Bil region of Shno have opened fire on a group of Kolbars. As a result of direct shooting of guards, a Kolbar, Rahman Mami was injured. According to the data collected by KHRN,...