Mamousta Barzan Maleki, the imam and preacher of the Sheikhin Grand Mosque in Sanandaj and a Kurdish cleric, was once again summoned to the Special Court for the Clergy in Hamedan after being temporarily released on a 1 billion toman bail.
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 4, 2025: Iran Human Rights and 83 Iranian and international organisations and groups have called for action to stop the execution of Afghan nationals in Iran.
Majid (Najm al-Din) Daryaee, a former political prisoner from Oshnavieh, has been sentenced to one year of discretionary imprisonment by Branch 101 of the Oshnavieh Criminal Court (Second Class) on charges of propaganda in support of…
In the early hours of Monday, June 2, 2025, the death sentence of a prisoner named Naser Nabizadeh, a resident of Gajin village, located in the outskirts of Urmia, was carried out at Urmia Central Prison.
On Monday, June 2, 2025, Mamosta Loqman Amini, Friday prayer leader of the Chehar Yaran Nabi Grand Mosque in Sanandaj, was released from Hamedan Prison after posting bail.
In the continuing wave of pressure and suppression targeting teacher union activists in Kurdistan, 15 Kurdish teacher union activists were summoned on Sunday, June 1, 2025, to Branch 109 of the Sanandaj Criminal Court (Second Class) on…
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, Adel Pirouzi, a political prisoner from the village of Sardoush, a rural district of Marivan, was released on furlough from Marivan Prison after posting bail of 200 million tomans (approximately $4,000 USD).
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, Afshin Saeedi, a Kurdish citizen from Bukan, was transferred to the city’s prison to begin serving his prison sentence.
In the early hours of Monday, May 26, 2025, five Kurdish citizens—Hiwa Ahmadi, Soran Soltani, Rahim Ghodrati, Mohammad Zabihi, and Edris Alimohammadi—residents of Saqqez, were arrested by security forces and transferred to a local security…
On Sunday, May 26, 2025, Saman Karimi, a former political prisoner previously sentenced to death, and his wife, Farzaneh Rashidi, were violently and arbitrarily arrested by security forces. Eight days later, there is still no information…
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