Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been harassing Kurdish civilians in the past week in the mountainous areas of Salmas in West Azarbaijan province, such as Saray Chichak, Khadrasheh, and Sarhelan, where livestock farmers of the surrounding villages live. In addition, since 7 July, following the clashes between the IRGC forces and members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) near the village...

A female political prisoner, who had been imprisoned for membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been recently released after serving three and a half years in Iran, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Iranian Kurdish Baran Behzad from Orumiyeh, who had left the PKK in October 2017 to turn herself in, had been arrested by the forces of the Intelligence Organisation...

The Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Intelligence Bureau of Orumieh, Maku, Baneh and Ravansar have summoned and threatened family members of families of four members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who were killed in clashes with Turkish army forces in the past few weeks to avoid organizing funeral ceremonies in the city mosques. According to local sources, the...

Two Kurdish political prisoners from Kurdistan of Turkey and Syria were handed over to the government forces of the two countries after serving 10 years in prison. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that two political prisoners known as Ramazan Ahmed Kamal (from Kobane in Kurdistan of Syria) and "Farhan Chalesh" (from Shernax in Kurdistan of Turkey), both sentenced to 10 years...

Kamal Hassan Ramazan, a Death Row political prisoner, who had been transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Detention Centre on Nov 28th was transferred back to Orumiyeh central prison. "This political prisoner has been interrogated during the seven days of his detention at IRGC Detention Centre despite the fact that he was a prisoner with finalized death sentence and his interrogations had...

Following armed conflicts between one of the Kurdish parties and the border guards and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Chaldoran border point on Oct 25, 2017, eight Kurdish citizens were killed and more than 10 Kurdish citizens were detained by IRGC Intelligence Office. There is still have no news about the fates of detained Kurdish citizens. “Following armed conflicts on Oct 25, Chaldoran...

Kamal Hassan Ramazan, a Death Row political prisoner, was transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Detention Centre after being officially summoned to the Office of Prison Guard at Orumiyeh central prison under the pretext of interrogation. An informed source told Human Rights Network Kurdistan that “On Tuesday afternoon, Nov 28th, Kamal Hassan Ramadan from the Syrian Kurdistan City of Srikani (Rojava) was...

Following armed conflicts between one of the Kurdish parties and the border guards and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at Chaldoran border point in the past two weeks, at least six Kurdish citizens have been detained by IRGC Intelligence Office According to the reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), IRGC troops have raided the houses of a number of Kurdish citizens in Maku...

On Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017, following the report about a vehicle with four members of one of the Kurdish parties crossing Chaldoran border point, the forces of Hamza Seyyid Alshohada Base in Orumiyeh targeted the vehicle without giving prior warning to the passengers. All the six passengers in the vehicle were all killed. The following day, Tasnim News Agency published the announcement of the IRGC...