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Kurdistan
Sanandaj: Arrest of Armin Khodamoradi by Security Forces
On Friday, May 17, 2025, Armin Khodamoradi, a resident of Sanandaj, was arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
Kianoush Cheraghi Freed After Sentence Suspension Over Mahpareh Prison Protest
On May 17, 2025, Kianoush Cheraghi, a Kurdish citizen from Dehloran and one of the detainees of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) revolutionary uprising, was released from Mahpareh Prison in Ilam. His prison sentence was…
Kurdistan
Mashallah Karami’s Sentence Reduced to 3 Years and 7 Months After Sentence Consolidation
Following the consolidation of sentences in two separate cases, Mashallah Karami, father of Mohammad Mehdi (Kumar) Karami, a protester executed during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising, has had his total prison sentence…
Kurdistan
Oshnavieh: Rashid Faqizadeh Temporarily Released on Bail
On Sunday, May 18, 2025, a Kurdish citizen named Rashid Faqizadeh, from Oshnavieh, was temporarily released from the city’s prison after posting bail of one billion tomans (approximately USD 17,000).
Kurdistan
Deliberate Power Cut by Government Forces: Over 20 Workers Unemployed and 20,000 Trout Dead at a Workshop and Fish Farm
On May 17, 2025, it was reported that a deliberate power cut carried out by government forces at the “Nahri” sand and gravel workshop and “Nahri” fish farm in Urmia has resulted in the unemployment of over 20 workers and the death of more…
Kurdistan
Continued Detention and Legal Uncertainty of Hassan Ahmadi in Maku Prison
Despite the passage of 20 days since his arrest, Hassan Ahmadi, also known as Hassan Renas, a Kurdish artist from Maku, remains in detention without clear legal status in the city's prison.
Kurdistan
Bukan: Aziz and Omid Abdollahzadeh Arrested by Security Forces
Bukan: Aziz and Omid Abdollahzadeh Arrested by Security Forces
Kurdistan
Soheila Motaei, Civil Activist, Summoned to Branch 102 of the Criminal Court in Dehgolan
Soheila Motaei, a civil activist from Dehgolan, has been summoned to Branch 102 of the Second Criminal Court of this city on charges of “propaganda in favor of groups or organizations opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Kurdistan
Reza Miri, Kurdish Prisoner, Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj
In the early hours of Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the death sentence of a Kurdish prisoner named Reza Miri, a native of Harsin County in Kermanshah Province, was carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
Kurdistan
Moshir Osmandzadeh Executed in Urmia Central Prison
In the early hours of Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the death sentence of a Kurdish prisoner named Moshir Osmandzadeh, who had previously been convicted of premeditated murder, was carried out in Urmia Central Prison.