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Kurdistan
Detention of a Kurdish citizen in Piranshahr
On Sunday, May 31st, a Kurdish citizen named Omar Khakzad, son of Hasel, from the village of Shalim Jaran in Piranshahr, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
From 1991 to 2019, 52 political prisoners were executed in Urmia Central Prison
Officials at Urmia Central Prison have executed 52 political prisoners between 1991 and 2019.
Kurdistan
A five-year prison sentence was handed down to one of the detainees during the November protests
The first branch of the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court sentenced Rasoul Karimi, one of the detainees of the November 2019 protests, to five years in prison.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish student was transferred to Marivan Prison to serve his sentence
On Wednesday, May 27, Kazhvan Azadegan, a student at Payam-e-Noor University in Marivan and an environmental activist from the village of Yangijeh in Marivan was transferred to the city's prison to serve his sentence.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish Kolbar was wounded by Turkish troops at the border of Urmia
On the evening of Tuesday, May 26, a Kurdish Kolbar named "Fayad Ahmadi", the son of Sadegh, from the village of "Koran" in the Somayeh Broadust, was seriously wounded by Turkish troops at the border of Urmia.
Kurdistan
Three Kurdish Kolbars killed and wounded by government troops at the Urmia border
On Sunday, May 24, government forces targeted a group of Kurdish Kolbars at the Sumay-ye Beradust District border crossing in Urmia and a Kurdish Kolbar named Arsalan Ahmadi, son of Hakem, was died and two other Kolbars named Touran and…
Kurdistan
Four Kurdish cultural activists have been sentenced to 36 months in prison
The Second Branch of the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court has sentenced four Kurdish cultural activists, Shahriar Tahmasebi from Kermanshah, Ardeshir Mousavi from Kermanshah, Mustafa Bagheri Ashna from Kangavar, and Arsalan Hedayati from…
Kurdistan
Two Kurdish Kolbars were wounded at the Sardasht border
On Thursday, May 21, Iranian government forces stationed at the Bitush base targeted a group of Kurdish Kolbars at the Sardasht border.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish youth was arrested after being summoned to Urmia's Ettelaat
On Wednesday, May 20, a young Kurdish man named Shahab Aji, 23, son of Hussein from the village of Gargol in Naqadeh, was arrested after being summoned to the Urmia Intelligence Bureau.
Kurdistan
Two Kurdish Kolbars were killed and wounded after Turkish troops opened fire
On Saturday evening, May 17, Turkish troops opened fire on a group of Kurdish Kolbars on the Qotur border in Khoy, one Kolbar, Bahram Yousefi, 35, from the village of Beljuk, was killed and another kolbar named Shemsaldin Omarpour was…