Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian Anti-Smuggling officers chased a vehicle belonging to a tradesman “Hassan Rasoulzadeh” in Saqqez route to Sanandaj on Friday. This chase led to an accident with another vehicle in which both drivers were killed. "On Friday, July 12, 2019, Anti-Smuggling forces chased a Peugeot vehicle owned by an artist "Hassan Rasoulzadeh" carrying Air-conditioning units in Saqqez route to Sanandaj (around the village of Hossein Abad)....

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A mine has exploded in the mountainous area of Tapehsoor village of KHaroo of Saqez yesterday morning. The blast, which took place on the way of a local shepherd and flock of her sheep, led to a severe injury on a sheep's leg. During the past few days, with the onset of heavy rains in Iran, experts have warned about...

Ali Abedi, a well-known artist, was summoned by the ministry of intelligence in Saqqez and interrogated for several hours on January 6, 2019. A reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that this artist and songwriter was telephone summoned by the Ministry of Intelligence in Saqqez and interrogated for several hours. “Following the widespread strike in Kurdistan in protest to the execution of political prisoners...

Following the nationwide sit-in on Oct 15 and 16, the Saqqez prosecutor suspended the prosecution for six teachers accused of disturbing public order. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Nov 5, 2018, the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Saqqez Revolutionary Court suspended the prosecution of six teachers known as Tahir Ghaderzadeh, Suleiman Abdi, Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Ahmad Ghaderi, Hamid Yazdani...

The family of Houshmand Alipour and Mohammad Ostadghader (Two members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party who were arrested on Aug 3, 2018 by security forces near Saqqez) visited them on Oct 28 and 29. Security interrogators told the families that they will be transferred to the Saqqez {Prosecutor's Office in two weeks. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “Mohammad Ostadaghader's father...

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...

Aras Ghorbanipour, a journalist from Saqqez, has been sentenced to a fine of 20 million Rials by the Criminal Court 2 (Branch 102) of Saqqez on charges of “Publishing Lies in Cyberspace”. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a former member of the Saqqez Council called Alireza Ismaili has filed a complaint against Aras Ghorbanipour for publishing an article in a...

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...

Mohammad Saleh Shokri, a teacher from Saqqez who had been arrested by security forces of Saqqez on Oct 7, 2018, was released on bail on Sunday. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Mohammad Saleh Shokri (with 24 years of teaching experience at various schools in Saqez), was arrested by the security forces on Oct 7, 2018, and transferred to the Intelligence Detention Centre. He...