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NEWS
- Uncertainty surrounding fate of Seven Kurdish men, including a child, following their arrest by security forces
- The Brutal Killing of a Kurdish Tradesman by Government Forces
- Severe cold forces closure of schools, offices in Urmia province
- Iran urges HTS to safeguard embassy in post-Assad Damascus
- Eleven Kurdish political activists and civilians currently sentenced to death in Iran
- Iranian authorities arrest singer for performing without hijab
- FED-KURD: Join actions to protect Rojava on Saturday
- Zeinab Jalalian denied visits and medical treatment
- Kurdish, Iranian filmmakers awarded for refugee film
- Young Kurdish Kolbar Mosab Sabzevari dies from severe injuries
- Human rights defender Edris Menbari sentenced to two years in prison
- ‘Suffocating’: Iran’s new hijab law will soon be in force
- Ameneh Alipour 29th Woman Executed in Iran in 2024
- Kurdish language teacher imprisoned in Iran
- Hochstein: situation in Syria weakens Hezbollah, Iran
- Iran is reinforcing its restive, porous border areas
- 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Western Iran
- Kurdish poet and writer Naser Hemmati in Andanan charged with “Blasphemy Against the Prophet”
- Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison
- Female citizen stabbed by her husband over divorce request
- Iran universities readmit 300 students expelled for disciplinary reasons
- Air pollution kills 40,000 people in Iran annually
- Intersection in Livorno named after Mahsa Amini
- Iranian authorities arrest women’s activist from E Kurdistan
- Kurdish activist detained in Turkey with his family face deportation to Iran
- Renowned Kurdish singer Brayim Ghaderi dies at 90
- TJA calls for solidarity with Warisha Moradi
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- 40 political prisoners in Evin condemn death sentences imposed on six political detainee
- Salih Muslim: We want a solution, not enmity
- Free Narges Coalition and partners urge UN Human Rights Council to intervene for Narges Mohammadi’s urgent medical release
REPORTS
- Qarchak Prison: Hell for Women and Children in Iran
- Hengaw monthly report on women’s rights violations in Iran, November 2024
- 4+ Executions Per Day; At Least 144 Executed in Iran in November
- 115 arrested in November 2024 by security forces of Islamic Republic of Iran
- KHRN Monthly Report of November 2024
- At least 126 prisoners executed in Iranian Prisons during November 2024
- KHRN’s special report on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 25: The chain reaction of governmental, social, and domestic violence in Iran
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NEWS
- Uncertainty surrounding fate of Seven Kurdish men, including a child, following their arrest by security forces
20 December 2024 | Hengaw
At least seven Kurds from Sarpol-e Zahab, including a child, have been arrested by Iran’s Intelligence Office, with their current whereabouts and conditions remaining unknown.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-09-article-120
- The Brutal Killing of a Kurdish Tradesman by Government Forces
18 December 2024 | ANF
…a Kurdish tradesman identified as “Damavand Mirzaei,” married and a resident of the village of “Tefin” in Kamyaran County, was fatally shot by government forces inside his personal vehicle. Subsequently, due to the severity of his injuries, he passed away in a hospital in Tehran.
https://hana-hr.org/content/20241218-the-brutal-killing-of-a-kurdish-tradesman-by-government-forces
- Severe cold forces closure of schools, offices in Urmia province
16 December 2024 | K24
On Monday, Authorities in Urmia province, East Kurdistan, announced the closure of all public and private schools and offices due to a considerable drop in temperature and adverse weather conditions.
- Iran urges HTS to safeguard embassy in post-Assad Damascus
16 December 2024 | K24
Iran has requested Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian opposition group, to guarantee the safety of its embassy in Damascus in the wake of recent political change in the country.
- Eleven Kurdish political activists and civilians currently sentenced to death in Iran
16 December 2024 | ANF
Eleven Kurdish political activists and civilians are currently sentenced to death in Iran, and at least eight others are at risk of receiving similar sentences, said a recent report by the Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN).
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/-76872
- Iranian authorities arrest singer for performing without hijab
15 December 2024 | ANHA
… singer Parastou Ahmadi (27 years old) was arrested in the city of Sari, the capital of the northern Mazandaran province, on Saturday. The judicial authority filed a lawsuit related to Parastou Ahmadi’s performance at the concert.
https://hawarnews.com/en/iranian-authorities-arrest-singer-for-performing-without-hijab
- FED-KURD: Join actions to protect Rojava on Saturday
14 December 2024 | ANF
The East Germany Free Kurdistan Federation (FED-KURD) issued a written statement regarding the attacks on Rojava. The statement said: “The events in Syria and the attacks on the Rojava revolution do not surprise us. In 2014-15, there was a strong popular resistance in Rojava against ISIS.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/fed-kurd-join-actions-to-protect-rojava-on-saturday-76850
- Zeinab Jalalian denied visits and medical treatment
14 December 2024 | ANF
The HRNA Agency said that Zeinab Jalalian, who is being held in an Iranian prison, should be allowed to receive treatment and see her family.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/-76867
- Kurdish, Iranian filmmakers awarded for refugee film
13 December 2024 | Rudaw
A Kurdish and Iranian filmmaking team won an award at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah on Thursday for their short film about the struggles of refugees.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/13122024
- Young Kurdish Kolbar Mosab Sabzevari dies from severe injuries
13 December 2024 | Hengaw
Mosab Sabzevari, a young kolbar from the Shahu district of Ravansar, who was severely wounded three days ago by direct gunfire from the Iran border guards near the Nowsud border area in Paveh, has died from the severity of his injuries.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-09-article-90
- Human rights defender Edris Menbari sentenced to two years in prison
12 December 2024 | Kurdpa
On 9 December 2024, Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced human rights defender Edris Menbari to two years in prison on the charge of “forming groups and association with the intention of disturbing the national security”…
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2024/12/1
- ‘Suffocating’: Iran’s new hijab law will soon be in force
09 December 2024 | Rudaw
Women in Iran have long struggled with the state’s strict dress code. Now they are worried as a new law is about to come into force.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/091220241
- Ameneh Alipour 29th Woman Executed in Iran in 2024
08 December 2024 | IHR
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Zanjan Central Prison on 7th December. Her identity has been established as 37-year-old Ameneh Alipour. She was arrested for the murder of her husband three years ago and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder by the Criminal Court.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7179/
- Kurdish language teacher imprisoned in Iran
07 December 2024 | ANF
Susan Hassanzadeh, a civil rights activist and Kurdish language teacher, has been sent to Orumiyeh Central Prison to serve a three-month prison sentence, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/-76719
- Hochstein: situation in Syria weakens Hezbollah, Iran
07 December 2024 | ANHA
US envoy Amos Hochstein considered that the developments in Syria constitute a new weak point for Hezbollah in Lebanon because it is difficult for Iran, which appears to have begun to withdraw, to bring in and smuggle weapons to it.
https://hawarnews.com/en/hochstein-situation-in-syria-weakens-hezbollah-iran
- Iran is reinforcing its restive, porous border areas
07 December 2024 | Rudaw
Implementation of Iran’s plan to shore up its borders and control cross-boundary activity has now reached its frontier with the Kurdistan Region, a border official said on Saturday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/07122024
- 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Western Iran
05 December 2024 | ANHA
The German Earth Science Research Center said that a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Western Iran, and it was at a depth of 10 kilometers
https://hawarnews.com/en/57-magnitude-earthquake-hits-western-iran
- Kurdish poet and writer Naser Hemmati in Andanan charged with “Blasphemy Against the Prophet”
05 December 2024 | Hengaw
Naser Hemmati, a psychiatrist, writer, poet, and Kurdish civil activist residing in Abdanan, a district in Ilam Province, has been charged with “blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam” and “propaganda in support of the Zionist state” following a summons to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Abdanan.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/12/article-4
- Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison
03 December 2024 | ANF
Popular Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was imprisoned for participating in the 2022 protest movement in Iran. He has been released after serving his sentence.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/-76637
- Female citizen stabbed by her husband over divorce request
30 November 2024 | HANA
According to Reports Received by the Hana Human Rights Organization: On Friday, November 29, 2024 a 34-year-old woman identified as Sahar Boujar, a mother of two and resident of Sanandaj, was severely injured after being stabbed by her husband due to her request for a divorce.
- Iran universities readmit 300 students expelled for disciplinary reasons
30 November 2024 | Rudaw
Some 300 Iranian students who had been expelled from university have now returned to their studies, a government official said on Saturday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/30112024
- Air pollution kills 40,000 people in Iran annually
29 November 2024 | Rudaw
Air pollution is killing thousands of people every year in Iran and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, the health minister said on Friday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/29112024
- Intersection in Livorno named after Mahsa Amini
26 November 2024 | ANF
On the occasion of the 25 November Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Livorno, Italy, the intersection of Via del Risorgimento and Via Don Bosco was named after Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini who murdered in police custody in Tehran on 16 September 2022.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/-76512
- Iranian authorities arrest women’s activist from E Kurdistan
25 November 2024 | ANHA
The Human Rights Network in Eastern Kurdistan reported that the Iranian authorities arrested women activist Sayran Khosrawi, from the city of Sinah in Eastern Kurdistan.
https://hawarnews.com/en/iranian-authorities-arrest-womens-activist-from-e-kurdistan
- Kurdish activist detained in Turkey with his family face deportation to Iran
24 November 2024 | ANF
Hossein Hosseini, a Kurdish political and cultural activist from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, has been detained in Bodrum, Turkey, along with his wife, Nasrin Khoshnavaziyan, and their two children, aged 10 and 13. The family has been transferred to the Muğla deportation camp, where they face imminent forced repatriation to Iran.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/-76482
- Renowned Kurdish singer Brayim Ghaderi dies at 90
20 November 2024 | Rudaw
Legendary Kurdish artist Brayim Ghaderi from Iran’s Kurdish city of Mahabad passed away at the age of 90 on Tuesday after suffering from health issues.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/20112024
- TJA calls for solidarity with Warisha Moradi
19 November 2024 | ANF
The Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) made a statement about KJAR member Warisha Moradi, who was sentenced to death by the Iranian state.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/-76398
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- 40 political prisoners in Evin condemn death sentences imposed on six political detainee
05 December 2024 | Hengaw
Forty political prisoners detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison have issued a statement condemning the recent death sentences handed down to six political detainees…
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2024/12/article-1
- Salih Muslim: We want a solution, not enmity
07 December 2024 | ANF
PYD (Democratic Union Party) Presidential Council Member Salih Muslim stated that the Kurdish question is a Middle Eastern issue and that the problems in the Middle East cannot be solved without solving it.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/-76720
- Free Narges Coalition and partners urge UN Human Rights Council to intervene for Narges Mohammadi’s urgent medical release
19 November 2024 | Kurdpa
To the United Nations Human Rights Council, We, the undersigned free expression and human rights organizations, write to you in response to the recent news that jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi is in urgent need of medical care…
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2024/11/1
REPORTS
- Qarchak Prison: Hell for Women and Children in Iran
10 December 2024 | IHR
Qarchak Prison in Varamin (Tehran province) has become one of the darkest symbols of systematic human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Originally designed as a poultry farm, the facility has been transformed into an inhumane detention centre for women prisoners, including political prisoners.
https://iranhr.net/en/reports/39/
- Hengaw monthly report on women’s rights violations in Iran, November 2024
05 December 2024 | Hengaw
According to statistics compiled by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, at least 16 female activists were arrested, and 19 others were sentenced to imprisonment, execution, and flogging in November 2024.
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2024/12/article-3
- 4+ Executions Per Day; At Least 144 Executed in Iran in November
04 December 2024 | IHR
In October 2024, the Islamic Republic carried out 166 executions, the highest number of monthly executions recorded by IHRNGO since 2007. The number of executions by Iran authorities has dramatically hiked under the shadow of conflict and the international community’s attention to Middle Eastern crises.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7174/
- 115 arrested in November 2024 by security forces of Islamic Republic of Iran
03 December 2024 | Hengaw
According to data compiled by the Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Right, at least 115 individuals, whose identities have been verified, were arrested across Iran by security forces during November 2024.
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2024/12/article-2
- KHRN Monthly Report of November 2024
01 December 2024 | KHRN
In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran.
- At least 126 prisoners executed in Iranian Prisons during November 2024
01 December 2024 | Hengaw
At least 126 prisoners were executed in prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran during November 2024, marking a 22% decrease compared to October, when 161 executions were recorded. Notably, 20% of those executed were Kurds.
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2024/12/article-1
- KHRN’s special report on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2024 | KHRN
The following report, published to mark 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, documents cases of femicide, arrests, sentencing, dismissals of Kurdish women activists…
- November 25: The chain reaction of governmental, social, and domestic violence in Iran
25 November 2024 | Hengaw
According to data recorded by the Statistics and Documentation Center of Hengaw, between the beginning of 2024 and November 25, there have been at least 174 documented cases of femicide, 128 arrests of women, 24 executions, three death sentences issued for female activists, and prison sentences handed down to 123 female activists in Iran.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/1403-09-article-19