Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
Iran border forces arrest three kolbars in Baneh
On Sunday, June 19, three kolbars, Atta Mohammadi, 16-year-old Parsa Ebrahimi, and Abdullah Haqqani, from Saqqez, were arrested by security forces in the border areas of Baneh.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
The violent crackdown of teachers by security forces: 36 Kurdish teachers arrested
On June 16, 2022, Teachers held a countrywide in more than 30 cities. They protested against their low salaries and systematic discrimination and called for the release of their colleagues, which had been arrested in previous rounds of…
Kurdistan
Mohammad Reza Moradi, member of the board of directors of Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Sanandaj and Kalatarzan arrested
On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Mohammad Reza Moradi, a member of the board of directors of the Kurdistan-Sanandaj and Kalatarzan Teachers' Union, was arrested by security forces.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish citizen arrested by Bukan Intelligence Office
On Saturday, June 11, 2022, a Kurdish citizen named "Khalid Mohammad Souri," a 33-year-old son of Mustafa from the village of "Kani Bodagh" in Piranshahr, was arrested after being summoned to the Bukan Intelligence Office.
Iran
Iran attempts to avoid accountability through UN visit
As Iranian authorities prepare to welcome the UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures tomorrow[1], we denounce the Government’s instrumentalization of the system of UN human rights monitors in a cynical attempt to deflect…
Kurdistan
Urmia; A Kurdish citizen was seriously injured in a landmine explosion
On Wednesday, April 28th, a citizen named "Habib Hatami Sina Abadi", 18, son of Jalal from the village of "Kuran" in the Sumay-ye Beradust District of Urmia, was severely injured by a landmine.
Kurdistan
Marivan; Two citizens were injured by IRGC forces
On Tuesday, April 26th, two Kurdish citizens, Osman Weisi, 32, from the villages of Golchir, and Kayvan, from Marivan, were wounded by Revolutionary Guards fire.
Kurdistan
The number of detainees in Baneh reached seven
Following the arrest of labor activists in Baneh, on Tuesday, April 26th, two other labor activists, Afshin Rahimi and Fateh Majidi, were arrested by security forces.
Kurdistan
Arrest of five Kurdish activists in Baneh
On Tuesday, April 26th, five Kurdish activists, Hassan Ezzati, Nishtman Rahmati, Saeed Mohammadi, Parvin Abdullahpour, and Omar Soleimani, from Baneh, were arrested by security forces.
Kurdistan
A Kolbar was wounded by a bullet at the Shushmi border
On the evening of Saturday, April 23rd, a Kolbar named "Ismail Sabkroo" from the city of Ravansar was wounded by a bullet fired by government troops at the Shushmi border.