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Hengaw https://hengaw.net/en
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Kurdistan Press Agency https://kurdpa.net/en
Kurdistan24 https://www.kurdistan24.net/en
Rudaw https://www.rudaw.net/english
NEWS
- Iranian state forces killed 536 kolbars in 10 years
- Maryam Bani-Razi Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging for Breaking Hijab Rules
- Kurdish political prisoner begins hunger strike in solitary cell
- Arbitrary rulings of the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran against Kurdish citizens
- Amnesty: Torture and injustice are systematic, impunity prevails in Iran
- Families of slain Iranian protestors commemorate Amini
- Sanandaj; Shilan Kurdistani was sentenced to three years and four months in prison
- Tens of thousands celebrate Newroz in Frankfurt
- Kurdpa human rights organization condemns the behavior of representatives (gongos) of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards Kurdpa’s representative at the UN headquarter
- A Kolbar was shot and wounded by direct fire from Iranian armed forces
- First Newroz fire in Rojhilat lit by the grave of Jina Mahsa Amini
- More than 40 people were injured by direct fire from the Iranian government forces during the Newroz celebrations
- Ahmed Alizadeh, a teacher from Abdanan, was sentenced to heavy punishment
- Iran, Iraq sign security deal boosting border cooperation
- RSF: Iranian reporters not giving up after six months of protests and persecution
- Amnesty: Child detainees in Iran subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence
- Iran executes Kurd after five years in prison
- 14-year-old Kolber injured by direct fire from the Iranian government forces
- Rojava University calls for support networks for students in Rojhilat and Iran
- Iran pardons 22,000 people who took part in protests
- Iran claims over 100 individuals arrested for school gas attacks
- KJAR member Viyan: Every woman should be able to defend herself against attacks
- International Conference on European Union, Turkey, Middle East and the Kurds, continues today
- Six teachers were abducted while protesting the insecurity of schools in Sanandaj
- Kurdish filmmaker Sadegh Samraei was arrested by Iranian government forces
- US honors ‘Women and Girl Protestors of Iran’ in Madeleine Albright Award
- PJAK: Chain poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran is a planned and biological attack
- US issues new Iran sanctions over violence against women, girls
- Sale of agricultural soil by the IRGC
- Newroz to be celebrated in 6 Italian cities
- Family of US citizen killed in IRGC strikes sues Iran
- Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
- Destruction of people’s shelter by the municipality
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- In Iran, ‘death to Khamenei’ chants on Nowruz as leader gives victorious speech
- Who poisons female students in Iran?
- US denounces poisoning of Iranian school girls; reaffirms nuclear deal not on the agenda
- On March 8.. from NES messages to uprising of women in Rojhelat and Iran
- Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
- Protests across Iran as schoolgirl poisonings spread nationwide
- 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
REPORTS
- 48 Kurdish citizens executed during the first three months of 2023
- March 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
- Live updates: nationswide protests
- Human Rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
- Human Rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
- Just in March 2023, Iranian government forces detained and abducted 36 Kurdish citizens
- Kurdish refugee family at imminent risk of getting deported from Turkey to Iran increases
- Special report: Mohyeddin Ebrahimi’s arrest, trial, execution
- Report: Iran executes one person every 14 hours
- Hengaw statistical report on the killing of at least 134 Kurdish citizens during the Jina revolution + PDF file
- Women in Kurdistan according to statistics in the past year
- Report from March 2022 to March 2023 regarding women’s rights + PDF file of name list
- Iran on ‘execution spree’ of Kurdish, Baluchi minorities, Amnesty says
- Statistics of human rights violations in February 2023, in Iranian Kurdistan
- KMMK-G Summary Report on Executions in Iran from January 1 to February 26, 2023
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NEWS
- Iranian state forces killed 536 kolbars in 10 years
02 April 2023 | ANF
In the last 10 years, 536 kolbars were killed on the border between Bashur and Rojhilat Kurdistan as a result of direct fire by Iranian regime forces. 1,249 kolbars were injured.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/iranian-state-forces-killed-536-kolbars-in-10-years-66389
- Maryam Bani-Razi Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging for Breaking Hijab Rules
01 April 2023 | HRANA
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Persian BBC, Maryam Bani-Razi was sentenced to imprisonment. Bani-Razi was given two days in prison for removing her headscarf in public, eight months and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order
- Kurdish political prisoner begins hunger strike in solitary cell
30 March 2023 | KHRN
Kurdish political prisoner Dara Rashidi went on a hunger strike at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 28 March, protesting against his transfer to solitary confinement upon the orders of prison authorities for punishment.
Kurdish political prisoner begins hunger strike in solitary cell
- Arbitrary rulings of the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran against Kurdish citizens
30 March 2023 | HANA
Four citizens … were arrested by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran on charges of “collusion and committing crimes against national security, cooperating with Kurdish parties and propagating against the Islamic Republic of Iran” were sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison and 50 lashes.
- Amnesty: Torture and injustice are systematic, impunity prevails in Iran
30 March 2023 | ANF
Amnesty Organization wrote at length about Iran in its annual report, which draws attention to the “hypocrisy” of the world’s states in the face of rights violations.
- Families of slain Iranian protestors commemorate Amini
29 March 2023 | ANF
The “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising continues despite massive oppression and detentions in the cities of Iran and Rojhilat (East Kurdistan). Teachers and workers organize demonstrations to advocate their rights in many cities.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/families-of-slain-iranian-protestors-commemorate-amini-66320
- Sanandaj; Shilan Kurdistani was sentenced to three years and four months in prison
26 March 2023 | Kurdpa
Shilan Kurdestani, a translator and a member of the women’s group “Jivano”, was sentenced to 40 months in prison by the first branch of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court headed by Judge “Saeidi”.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/03/23
- Tens of thousands celebrate Newroz in Frankfurt
25 March 2023 | ANF
Tens of thousands of people from all over Germany travelled to Frankfurt today to celebrate this year’s Newroz festival, which was dedicated to the memory of the victims of the earthquake disaster on February 6.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/tens-of-thousands-celebrate-newroz-in-frankfurt-66252
- Kurdpa human rights organization condemns the behavior of representatives (gongos) of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards Kurdpa’s representative at the UN headquarter
23 March 2023 | Kurdpa
During the 52nd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the gongos tried to harass, provoke and intimidate Dr. Kocher Wallad Begi as she was presenting her statement in a Kurdish outfit!
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/03/18
- A Kolbar was shot and wounded by direct fire from Iranian armed forces
23 March 2023 | Hengaw
Hossein Khandani, a Kolbar from Mariwan city, was seriously injured by a bullet fired by members of the Iranian Border Regiment “Hengejallah” in Baneh county.
- First Newroz fire in Rojhilat lit by the grave of Jina Mahsa Amini
21 March 2023 | ANF
The first Newroz fire in Rojhilat (East Kurdistan) was lit by the grave of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, who was killed by the so-called “morality police” in September 2022.
- More than 40 people were injured by direct fire from the Iranian government forces during the Newroz celebrations
21 March 2023 | Hengaw
During Newroz celebrations in different cities of Kurdistan, which turned into a scene of anti-government slogans, repressive Iranian government forces opened fire on the people and more than 40 citizens were injured.
- Ahmed Alizadeh, a teacher from Abdanan, was sentenced to heavy punishment
21 March 2023 | HANA
In this report, it was stated that Ahmad Alizadeh…was informed by the court that he was charged by Branch One of the Ilam Revolutionary Court headed by Rajab Mohammadi on the charges of 1:1: Forming a group of more than two people with the intention of disrupting the security of the country…
- Iran, Iraq sign security deal boosting border cooperation
20 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
Iran and Iraq signed a security agreement on Sunday. The deal follows Iran’s cross-border attacks on Kurdish groups in Iraq and demonstrates the Islamic Republic’s continued sway over its neighbor.
- RSF: Iranian reporters not giving up after six months of protests and persecution
19 March 2023 | ANF
More than 70 journalists have been arrested in Iran since the start of the protests following Kurdish student Jina Amini’s death in police custody on 16 September. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) conducted some interviews with reporters in Iran.
- Amnesty: Child detainees in Iran subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence
17 March 2023 | ANHA
Amnesty International confirmed in a report that children and young people arrested during the protests, some of whom were as young as 12 years old, were subjected to torture, rape and various forms of sexual violence.
- Iran executes Kurd after five years in prison
17 March 2023 | Rudaw
Iran’s central Urmia prison on Friday carried out the death sentence of a Kurdish kolbar who had been imprisoned for over year five years and described by a human rights monitor as a political prisoner. At least five other Kurds were also executed in the same prison on drug-related charges.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/17032023
- 14-year-old Kolber injured by direct fire from the Iranian government forces
16 March 2023 | Hengaw
A Kolber from Salas Babajani, Kermanshah province, named Mani Habibi, has been seriously injured by direct fire from the Iranian border guards in Nowsud.
19.Rojava University calls for support networks for students in Rojhilat and Iran
15 March 2023 | ANF
Rojava University Student Council made a statement in support of the students resisting with the slogan ʹʹJin, Jiyan, Azadîʹʹ in Iran and Rojhilat Kurdistan.
- Iran pardons 22,000 people who took part in protests
13 March 2023 | ESTA
State media reported early last month that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had pardoned “tens of thousands” of prisoners including some arrested in the protests in a deadly crackdown on dissent.
- Iran claims over 100 individuals arrested for school gas attacks
12 March 2023 | Rudaw
Iran’s interior ministry on Saturday evening announced that over 100 people had been arrested for gas attacks on mostly girls’ schools across the country which left thousands of girls affected with several hundred hospitalized.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/12032023
- KJAR member Viyan: Every woman should be able to defend herself against attacks
11 March 2023 | ANF
Peyman Viyan, a member of the Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR), assessed this year’s activities for the International Women’s Day on 8 March worldwide as positive.
- International Conference on European Union, Turkey, Middle East and the Kurds, continues today
09 March 2023 | ANF
This year’s conference is organized under the main title of “European Union, Turkey, Middle East and Kurds”. The conference will continue today.
- Six teachers were abducted while protesting the insecurity of schools in Sanandaj
09 March 2023 | Hengaw
During the protests of educators and parents of students in Sanandaj city against the chemical attacks on schools, at least six teachers named Bahauddin Maleki, Wria Karimi, Kamal Fekorian, Jabar Pakzad, Mukhtar Asadi, and Abid Ahmadi were abducted by Iranian government forces.
- Kurdish filmmaker Sadegh Samraei was arrested by Iranian government forces
09 March 2023 | Hengaw
According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on March 7, 2023, Sadegh Samerei, a filmmaker and writer, was kidnapped by intelligence forces at his home in Pardis, Kermanshah.
- US honors ‘Women and Girl Protestors of Iran’ in Madeleine Albright Award
09 March 2023 | K24
In honor of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, the State Department and White House joined together to recognize eleven women of exceptional courage.
- PJAK: Chain poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran is a planned and biological attack
08 March 2023 | ANF
In a statement concerning the latest poisoning attacks in East Kurdistan and Iran, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) announced its support for the protest actions.
- US issues new Iran sanctions over violence against women, girls
08 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
The Biden administration imposed sanctions. Wednesday on several Iranian officials and entities it said were linked to serious human rights abuses against women and girls.
- Sale of agricultural soil by the IRGC
08 March 2023 | HANA
Soil is part of the earth’s surface, which includes rocks that have been disintegrated by the chemical and physical activities of the environment…
https://hana-hr.org/content/2023038-sale-of-agricultural-land-by-the-irgc
- Newroz to be celebrated in 6 Italian cities
07 March 2023 | ANF
Actions will be held in the Italian cities of Rome, Bologna, Parma, Rovigo, Turin and Pisa to celebrate Newroz. The Italian Kurdistan Information Office (UIKI), called for strong participation in the Newroz events organized to give hope to all oppressed peoples…
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/newroz-tu-be-celebrated-in-6-italian-cities-65894
- Family of US citizen killed in IRGC strikes sues Iran
06 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
The family of a US citizen killed during an Iranian bombing campaign in Iraq’s Kurdistan region has filed a federal lawsuit against the government of Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/family-us-citizen-killed-irgc-strikes-sues-iran
- Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters
03 March 2023 | CHRI
“As a witness in both cases of physical, sexual assault, and physical torture, I am willing to testify anywhere…” Those words were written by human rights defender and longtime prisoner of conscience in Iran Narges Mohammadi, in an open letter smuggled outside her prison cell.
- Destruction of people’s shelter by the municipality
02 March 2023 | HANA
According to the report received from Hana’s colleagues, during the recent period, the municipality of Bukan city has destroyed the houses and shelters of the citizens of this city. The demolition of these houses was done by Bukan Municipality under the pretext of unauthorized construction.
https://hana-hr.org/content/2023032-destruction-of-people-s-shelter-by-the-municipality
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- In Iran, ‘death to Khamenei’ chants on Nowruz as leader gives victorious speech
21 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic had emerged victorious in the course of the ongoing unrest that has gripped his country since mid-September, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody.
- Who poisons female students in Iran?
12 March 2023 | ANHA
In Iran, since November 2022, toxic gas attacks began on girls’ schools, as a result of which nearly a thousand students were poisoned, and so far, at least 4 students have lost their lives.
https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/who-poisons-female-students-in-iran-h35527.html
- US denounces poisoning of Iranian school girls; reaffirms nuclear deal not on the agenda
07 March 2023 | K24
Both the White House and State Department on Monday expressed strong condemnation of the mysterious poisoning of Iranian school girls, which has been ongoing since last November.
- On March 8.. from NES messages to uprising of women in Rojhelat and Iran
07 March 2023 | ANHA
Messages of women in Rojava, North and East Syria, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8 of this year; I addressed the women in Rojhelat Kurdistan and Iran who have been continuing their uprising for more than 5 months under the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî, ” women, life, freedom” to demand a free and democratic life.
- Teachers Across Iran Protest Government’s Inaction on School Gas Attacks
10 March 2023 | CHRI
…“The authorities and perpetrators involved in these incidents must know that students are the teachers’ red line,” warned the teachers’ association in its call for protests. A final resolution was read aloud at the protests.
- Protests across Iran as schoolgirl poisonings spread nationwide
07 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
Rallies were held in at least 20 Iranian cities on Tuesday against the government amid a creeping wave of suspected poisoning attacks targeting schoolgirls nationwide.
- 20 Prominent Iranian Lawyers Call on UN to Investigate School Girl Poisonings
06 March 2023 | CHRI
Twenty prominent human rights lawyers from Iran today published a letter urgently calling for an independent, joint committee—comprised of experts from the world’s top public health, children’s rights, and education-focused UN agencies—to immediately investigate the poison gas attacks against schoolgirls that have occurred across Iran over the last several months.
REPORTS
- 48 Kurdish citizens executed during the first three months of 2023
02 April 2023 | Hengaw
During the first three months of 2023, at least 48 Kurdish prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons, three of whom were political prisoners, and this figure has increased by 270% compared to the same period last year.
- March 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
01 April 2023 | KHRN
Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in March 2023.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/march-2023-human-rights-violations-in-iranian-kurdistan/
- Live updates: nationswide protests
01 April 2023 | IHR
Nationwide protests and strikes sparked by the police murder of Mahsa (Jina) Amini are ongoing despite bloody crackdowns and internet shutdown by the authorities. In this section, you can keep up to date with Iran Human Rights news, statements and reports related to the uprising…
- Human Rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
01 April 2023 | Kurdpa
At least 32 human rights violations have been documented by Kurdpa during March 2023.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news?page=2&Category=Human%20Rights
- Human Rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
01 April 2023 | HANA
Additionally to hundreds of poisoned children at least 50 further human rights violations have been documented by HANA in March 2023.
- Just in March 2023, Iranian government forces detained and abducted 36 Kurdish citizens
01 April 2023 | Hengaw
According to statistics kept by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights’ Statistics and Documents Center, the Iranian government’s security institutions detained at least 36 Kurdish citizens in March 2023 on suspicion of engaging in political, civil, and union activities.
- Kurdish refugee family at imminent risk of getting deported from Turkey to Iran increases
27 March 2023 | Hengaw
Peyman Mirzaei, a Kurdish refugee, has been detained by the Turkish Immigration police for 23 days and faces the risk of deportation to Iran along with his family.
- Special report: Mohyeddin Ebrahimi’s arrest, trial, execution
17 March 2023 | KHRN
Kurdish political prisoner Mohyeddin Ebrahimi was executed today at Orumiyeh Central Prison, in north-western Iran. At the same time, the death sentences of four other Kurdish civilians… who were sentenced to death on drug-related charges, were also executed
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/special-report-mohyeddin-ebrahimis-arrest-trial-execution/
- Report: Iran executes one person every 14 hours
15 March 2023 | ANHA
In its new report, the Statistical Center of Iran revealed that the number of people executed in Iran and Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) has increased by 24 percent since the beginning of winter this year, compared to the past fifteen years, according to Roj news agency.
https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/report-iran-executes-one-person-every-14-hours-h35560.html
- Hengaw statistical report on the killing of at least 134 Kurdish citizens during the Jina revolution + PDF file
11 March 2023 | Hengaw
According to the statistics collected by the Hengaw research team, 134 Kurdish citizens have been killed by government forces in various cities since the beginning of the Jina revolution. Also, at least 21 members of the Kurdish parties and an ordinary citizen from the Kurdistan Region have died during the IRGC drone and missile attacks…
- Women in Kurdistan according to statistics in the past year
09 March 2023 | HANA
Hana Human Rights Organization Statistics Center has prepared a report on the situation of women in Kurdistan in the past year from March 8, 2022 to March 8, 2023, which is worth your attention.
https://hana-hr.org/content/2023039-women-in-kurdistan-according-to-statistics-in-the-past-year
- Report from March 2022 to March 2023 regarding women’s rights + PDF file of name list
09 March 2023 | Hengaw
Based on the statistics registered at the Hengaw Statistics and Documents Center, from March 2022 to March 2023, at least 245 female Kurdish activists have been arrested by Iran’s government institutions. Also, the judicial system of the Islamic Republic has issued imprisonment and death sentences for 30 Kurdish female activists.
- Iran on ‘execution spree’ of Kurdish, Baluchi minorities, Amnesty says
03 March 2023 | Al-Monitor
…Amnesty International said in a press release that 14 Kurds, 13 Baluchis and one Arab have been executed this year following “grossly unfair trials.” The London-based organization observed a “chilling escalation in the use of the death penalty as a tool of repression against ethnic minorities.”
- Statistics of human rights violations in February 2023, in Iranian Kurdistan
03 March 2023 | HANA
Hana human rights organization statistical center publishes its statistical report on the human rights situation and the violation of fundamental rights of Kurdish citizens in February 2023 in Iranian Kurdistan
- KMMK-G Summary Report on Executions in Iran from January 1 to February 26, 2023
01 March 2023 | KMMK
According to the data collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Association-Geneva (KMMK-G), from January 1 to February 26, 2023, one hundred-three (103) prisoners were executed in Iran.