Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Sakineh Parvaneh, a Kurdish political prisoner serving a sentence of seven years and six months in Mashhad Prison, was transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison in Tehran on 3 April for unspecified reasons. She had previously requested to be transferred to Quchan Prison in Razavi Khorasan Province because her family lives in the city. Parvaneh was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic...

Kurdish political prisoners Motalleb Ahmadian and Sakineh Parvaneh have begun hunger strikes in protest at the recent execution of four Kurdish political prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Ahmadian began his hunger strike on 29 January, the same day as the execution of Pezhman Fatehi, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar and Mohsen Mazloum. Despite initially planning a...

Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh, currently serving a seven and a half year sentence in the women's section of Mashhad Central Prison, is being denied medical care and her communication with her family is being restricted, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Despite suffering from respiratory and heart problems, Parvaneh is being denied access to medical services due to opposition from the Intelligence...

Branch Three of the Razavi Khorasan Province Court of Appeals has upheld the seven and a half year prison sentence of former Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh. Parvaneh was deprived of legal representation during her arrest and subsequent trial, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On 31 October, the political prisoner was summoned to the Enforcement of Judgements Office in Mashhad Prison, where she...

Kurdish political prisoner Sakine Parvaneh has been handed a sentence of seven years and six months by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province. Parvaneh was convicted on charges of "propaganda against the state", "assembly and collusion", and "insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran". The political prisoner was recently transferred from the women's ward of Mashhad Central Prison to Branch...

Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh has been held in a state of uncertainty in the women's ward of Mashhad Central Prison in Razavi Khorasan Province for more than five months. Despite suffering from respiratory and heart problems, the authorities have refused to transfer her to the prison infirmary or a medical facility outside the prison for treatment. An informed source who spoke to the Kurdistan Human...

Branch 903 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Mashhad, north-east Iran, has extended the detention of the former Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh for the second time, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Due to the transfer of prisoners to the court in handcuffs and fetters, the political prisoner refused to appear in court in the last few days. Parvaneh received a...

The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Mashhad, north-east Iran, summoned former Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh on 8 May and informed her that she had been charged with "propaganda against the state," "acting against national security" through "membership" in opposition groups and "insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic". Parvaneh was also told that her case had been referred to the Islamic Revolutionary...

Branch 903 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Mashhad, north-east Iran, extended the detention of the former Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh for another month on 29 April. She was informed of the extension decision after her transfer from Mashhad Central Prison to Mashhad Court on 29 April. The former political prisoner has been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "insulting the Supreme...