Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Islamic Republic of Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has turned the Kurdish cities such as "Kosalan" and "Shaho" in the Saravabad, Paweh and Kamyaran into a military garrison through deploying massive military convoys. "Since the beginning of May, IRGC have deployed extensive military convoys and equipment to the villages around Marivan and the mountains of Kosalan and Shaho on the...

Although the manoeuvre of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) known as Muharram 2 in Shaho mountain areas of Kamyaran has finished about 45 days ago, the IRGC troops have continued bombarding a large area of Shaho mountain between Ravansar and Kamyaran. Moreover, IRGC road construction operations in Shaho have put the protected areas in serious danger. An environmental activist has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Kamyaran has Interrupted the operation of phone lines across the Shaho Mountain and has turned the area into a military garrison through widespread deployment of military forces. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the IRGC has Interrupted all landlines across Shaho mountain in Kamyaran for the past our days and IRGC forces have been...

Since 2008, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have destroyed a large part of Shaho and Kosalan areas known as protected areas by building military bases in the highlands of Shaho and Koshelan mountains in addition to carrying out massive military operations on the pretext of fighting the forces of Kurdish parties. The Protected areas of Shaho and Kosalan with an area of 57,236...

A Kurdish citizen was killed during the conflict between the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) forces and Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI) near the city of Paveh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, on Monday, Oct 12, 2018, IRGC forces surrounded the Bimiri promenade in Paveh on the pretext of facing a team of Peshmergah of (PDKI) and...

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) bombarded a large area of Shaho mountain ranges in Ghale Pir Khedr, which Led to widespread fires in Shahu. Several villagers of Shahu mountain ranges have told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the IRGC forces, with massive military convoys transferred to IRGC bases in the Shaho Mountain during the past several weeks, severley bombarded Ghale Pir Khedr in the...

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp, in coordination with the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has turned the Kurdish cities such as Sanandaj, Kamyaran, Shaho, Paweh, Mariwan and Sarwabad into a military garrison through dispatching massive military convoys from neighbouring provinces during the recent weeks. Findings of Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) indicate that, following a massive strike in the bazaar of...

Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) bombarded a large area of Shaho mountain to oppose the Kurdish parties’ forces over the past few days. It took environmental activists and local people several days to put off the fire caused by bombardment as their efforts were blocked by the massive number of IRGCs present in the area. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, “On Monday, Aug 7,...

Iranian troops of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have intensely shelled the Kurdish Shaho Mountain and other areas in Kermanshah province, Kamyaran and some other villages and neighborhoods over the past few days, a local source told Kurdistan Human-Rights Network (KHRN). The troops bombarding those areas had been deployed in the area just recently, according to the KHRN source. A local eyewitness also said that...