June 17, 2026; over the past five months, the death sentence of a Kurdish prisoner named "Afshin Davoudi," who had been sentenced to Qesas (retribution-in-kind) on the charge of "premeditated murder," was executed in Qorveh Prison.
June 17, 2026; "Hawram Mehrnavayi," a Kurdish political prisoner from the city of Bukan who had been on prison furlough in recent months due to wartime conditions, has been arbitrarily arrested by security forces over the past five days and…
June 17, 2026; following three days since the arbitrary detention of three Kurdish citizens from the city of Oshnavieh named "Farhad Ebrahimzadeh," "Qader Bariki," and "Jafar Bariki," there remains no information whatsoever regarding their…
June 17, 2026; following two days since the arbitrary detention of "Ashkan Abkho," a 27-year-old Kurdish youth from the city of Saqqez, there remains no information whatsoever regarding his fate and place of detention.
Today, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, the death sentences of two more protesters from the December 2025/January 2026 protests, named Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi, were carried out at an undisclosed location in Semnan Province. Simultaneously,…
June 15, 2026; The secret and hasty execution of Mehrdad Mohammadinia, one of the protesters arrested in December 2025/January 2026, was carried out in a process lasting less than 5 months from arrest to the execution of the sentence,…
June 14, 2026; In the continuation of cultural and literary activities in the county of "Saqqez", a poetry recital and review session for the works of Mamosta "Nari", one of the prominent poets of Kurdistan, was held in the hall of the…
June 14, 2026; Passing two days since the fire in the forests of "Lit Anar" heights in the Kabir Kuh mountain range located in the county of "Darreh Shahr" in the province of "Ilam", this fire still continues and until now about 15 hectares…
June 14, 2026; "Mehdi Pakmehr", a Kurdish artist and singer from the city of "Bojnourd" in the province of "North Khorasan", who spent more than two months in arbitrary detention by security agencies during the protests of December…
June 14, 2026; "Youssef Amini", a retired teacher from the village of "Aliabad" in the city of "Bukan", was arbitrarily arrested by security forces during a raid on his home and transferred to an unknown location.
Kurdistan Press Agency
