Kurdistan Press Agency
Iran
UN Rapporteurs Condemn Iranian Executions
Three United Nations' special rapporteurs -- on Iran, summary executions, and torture -- have condemned the recent executions of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Iran.
Human Rights
Iran
IRGC Prepares For Large Cultural Maneuver In Tehran
As more economists speak of the impossibility of bringing the new wave of inflation in Iran under control, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the police are preparing themselves to confront potential social unrest in the future.
Iran
Widespread Arrest of Internet Activists in Iran
Some reports indicate that a new round of arrests of youth and Internet activists has begun. Reports indicate that the interrogators and Intelligence officers, for reasons unknown, have desperately tried to keep these arrests from being…
Iran
Two Iranians sentenced to death for drinking alcohol
The ISNA news agency, in a report published in the "Donya-E-Eqtesad" daily, quotes Hassan Shariati, the judiciary chief of northeastern Khorasan-e Razavi Province, as saying the two people -- who are unidentified -- were repeat offenders.
Iran
British Parliament appalled by the persecution of Ahwazi Arabs in Iran
A motion passed on the floor of House of Commons of the British Parliament on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 criticizes the government in Iran for its treatment of Ahwazi Arabs.
Kurdistan
In solidarity with Kaboudvand, family and colleagues stage a hunger strike
In solidarity and in concurrence with Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand’s hunger re-strike, Kurdistan Human Rights Organization’s high council and Kaboudvand’s family members are set to begin their hunger strike as well.
Kurdistan
Two Iranian Kurds were arrested on their way back form Iraqi Kurdistan
Two Kurdish youth from the city of Mariwan (western-Iran in Kurdistan province) were arrested by the intelligence agents on the border on their way back to Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iran
Call to join Shirin Ebadi's call to save the lives of ailing prisoners
In a released statement, Kurdistan Human Rights Organisation (KHRO) has called upon all human rights activists and organisations to rally behind Shirin Ebadi’s call to support the three political prisoners of consciousness.
Kurdistan
Another Kurd from Sardasht city was sentenced to imprisonment and exile
A Kurdish activist from the Kurdish city of Sardasht ( north-west Iran and in West Azerbijan province) has been condemned to 5 years imprisonment and exile to Kerman prison by the Sardasht City Revolutionary Court.
Iran
Exorbitant Human Rights Violations in Iran
The latest report on Human Rights conditions in Iran by the U.S. State Department’s points a dark image of violations and mistreatment by Iranian regime.