Kurdish

Nowruz summons and arrests continue in Kurdish areas; 19 people are detained in Sanandaj

Since the beginning of 1401 (2022), a number of citizens of the Kurdish regions of Iran have been arrested for participating in Nowruz ceremonies, and…

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30% increase in the number of murders of women in the Kurdish provinces of Iran

A human rights organization has reported a 30 percent increase in the number of murders of women in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran over the past year.

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Arrest of father whose daughter was shot dead by police officers

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network website, referring to the incident in which police officers shot at a car on the Tabriz highway,…

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Poor physical condition of Qader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, after 35 days of hunger strike

According to some human rights media outlets, the physical condition of Qader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner who has been protesting for 35 days, is...

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Two 14-year-old girls summoned in Javanrud on charges of "supporting a Kurdish party"

The human rights website Hengaw, which covers human rights news in Kurdistan, has reported that two 14-year-old girls…

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Tens of thousands of Iranian Kurds in Iraq await UN assistance to relocate to a third country

Al Jazeera News Network, referring to the story of Behzad Mahmoudi, a Kurdish refugee who came from Iran and after setting himself on fire in…

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Arrest of Kurdish civil activists; lack of information continues

"With the attack of about twenty to thirty plainclothes forces and with the cooperation of the security guards of Kharazmi University in Karaj, my brother was left without a trace...

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Kurdistan Human Rights Sources: A Kurdish citizen was killed under torture by security agents

سازمان حقوق بشری هه‌نگاو که اخبار نقض حقوق بشر در مناطق کردنشین ایران را گزارش می‌دهد، می‌گوید مهرداد طالشی، جوان…

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