Kurdistan Press Agency
Iran
Iran’s domestic crime figures at an ‘explosive’ level
Two leading Iranian sociologists have warned that the incidence of violent and domestic crime has reached an explosive level, mostly a consequence of economic hardship.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
Kurdish prisoner executed in Evin prison
Kurdish prisoner Esmail Kermanjani, around 30 years old, was executed on Wednesday, January 25th at Evin prison.
Kurdistan
One Hundred Days of Ignorance on Three Activists of the Green Population in Kurdistan
Almost 100 days have passed of the detention of cultural activists in Sanandaj (East of Iran) by the Islamic Republic security forces and they are still in custody.
Iran
Iran: Death Sentence For Netizen Confirmed
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that the supreme court has confirmed website designer Saeed Malekpour's death sentence. His family said the court took the decision under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards. A Canadian…
Iran
Family fears deportation and execution in Iran over immigration limbo
The Asadis came to the United States from Iran as political refugees. The family now lives in Mesa and said they can never go back to their homeland.
Kurdistan
Jailed human rights activists taken to hospital
Iranian-Kurdish human rights activist Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand, has been transferred to hospital by Iranian prison authorities after spending nearly five years in Tehran's Evin Prison.
Iran
Iran sentences U.S. citizen to death
Iranian Revolutionary Court 15 sentenced U.S. citizen Amir Mirzai Hekmati accused of spying and attempting to accuse Iran of terrorism to death, Fars news agency reported.
Iran
Iran's Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary's False Narrative
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published the first public list of 101 victims of secret group executions in Vakilabad Prison today. The Campaign called on the Iranian Parliament and judiciary to immediately institute a…
Iran
"Dezfool Prison Inmates Are Treated Like Animals"
A local source in Ahvaz told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Saeed Saki, a political prisoner and an Ahvaz Arab activist who was previously held in Karoon Prison of Ahvaz, was transferred to Dezfool prison two…
Kurdistan
Iranian Kurds denounce civilian bombings in Turkey
Iranian Kurds gathered in front of the Turkish embassy on Wednesday in Tehran to protest the killing of Kurdish civilians in Turkey.