On the morning of Monday, March 24, 2025, security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Department of Saqqez raided the “Rah-e Azadi” (Path of Freedom) Sufi lodge and violently arrested Sheikh Zahed Shahabi.
Over the course of two days — March 21 and 22, 2025 — the city of Mariwan witnessed a wave of widespread arrests of Kurdish citizens. These detentions were primarily carried out through summonses to the Intelligence Office or raids by…
Sarya Ahmadi (17), Evin Ahmadi (16), and Rozhbin Afsoon (22), three Kurdish citizens originally from Maku and residing in Urmia, were released on bail after completing interrogation procedures at the Intelligence Department’s detention…
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Sina Rostampour, a Kolbar from Baneh, was killed by Iranian government forces’ gunfire at the “Sorkev” border in this city.
The wave of arrests targeting women activists in Kurdistan Province continues, with the recent detention of Leila Pashaei, a women’s rights advocate from Sanandaj. Her arrest brings the number of women activists detained in the province to…
We, the signatory organizations, express our deep concern over the recent wave of arrests in Ahwaz Region (officially known as Khuzestan). In recent days, dozens of civil activists, poets, and social media users have been arbitrarily…
We urgently call on the international community, governments, institutions, and women’s rights organizations to take immediate action to stop the execution of courageous humanitarian worker and women’s rights activist, Pakhshan Azizi, whose…
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”…
Kurdistan Press Agency
