Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Siavash Hayati, spokesman of the Yarsan Civil Activists Advisory Council and secretary of the Kurdish United Front, was arrested on 13 May and transferred to Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison) to serve a one-year prison sentence. Hayati was previously arrested by security forces on 23 September 2022, following anti-government protests in the village of Wargameh in Dalahu, Kermanshah Province. He was...

The Branch One of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Sahneh, western Iran, has issued a legal summons for Yarsani activist Siavash Hayati to submit his final defence at the court. Hayati, who is the spokesperson for the Yarsan Civil Activists’ Advisory Council and the secretary of the Kurdish United Front, was charged with "assembly and collusion to commit a crime against national security". According...

Detained Yarsani activists Siavash Hayati, Seyyed Amin Abbasi, Seyyed Soroush Abbasi and Seyyed Karam Abbasi have been released on bail from Dizel Abad prison in Kermanshah, western Iran, in the past few days. The activists were arrested by the intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kermanshah and Saveh on 30 November and 1 December 2022. On 17 December 2022, after initial interrogations...

Yarsani activists Siavash Hayati, Seyyed Amin Abbasi, Seyyed Soroush Abbasi and Seyyed Karam Abbasi, who were arrested by the intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kermanshah and Saveh on 30 November and 1 December, are still held in detention. In the past few days, the three Abbasi brothers, who had previously been taken from the detention centre of IRGC's intelligence organisation...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continues to hold five Yarsani activists named Siavash Hayati, Seyyed Amin Abbasi, Kaki Farzad Almasi, Seyyed Soroush Abbasi and Seyyed Karam Abbasi in its detention centre in Kermanshah, western Iran. The security institution arrested the activists on 30 November and 1 December in Kermanshah and Saveh, Markazi province. On 11 December, the Yarsan Civil Activists' Advisory...

Four students who were detained during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot by the slamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were released on bail but one other student is still in custody. Siavash Hayati- a graduate student in political science and a spokesman for the Yarsan Civil Rights Advisory Council- was released on bail....

Yesterday, January 12, at least four students were arrested during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet which was shot by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) One of these detainees was released several hours later but three others are still in custody. The three detainees include 61-year-old Siavash Hayati- a graduate student...

A Kurdish Yarsan student was barred from completing his dissertation by Razi University of Kermanshah for mentioning his religion as Yarsan (also known as Ahle Haqq) at a questionnaire as part of his dissertation requirements for a survey, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. 61-year-old student Siavash Hayati is spokesperson for the  Advisory Forum of Yarsan Civil Activists. He started his postgraduate degree in Political Sciences at Razi University of Kermanshah...