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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Arrested a Kurdish Activist
Revolutionary Guard soldiers arrested a Kurdish activist by the name of Azad Husseini in the Gameshgoli village in Iranian Kurdistan. A witness told Kurdistan Media that before the Revolutionary Guards… Read more
Iran’s Intelligence Service Threatens Kurdish Religious Figure
Kurdistan Press Agency reports that Iran’s Intelligence Service brought in a Kurdish religious figure in Sanandaj for interrogation and threatened him to stop his activities. Abdullah Abbasi, who is a… Read more
Kurdish Student Denied University Studies for Protesting Executions
Kurdistan Press Agency reports that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued an order banning Kurdish student activist Hiwa Tase from continuing his university studies. In an interview with the news… Read more
Iran Uses Machine to Amputate Prisoners Fingers
One of Iran’s official press agencies published photos showing the public amputation of a thief’s fingers. These show a man getting his finger chopped off with a machine resembling a… Read more
Two Kurdish Journalists Among Eleven Arrested in Tehran
According to reports elven journalists, among them two Kurdish journalists, have been arrested in Tehran after being accused of cooperation with foreign-based media outlets. The eleven journlists, who were taken… Read more
Reza Sherifi Bokani Was Transferred to Evin Prison
Kurdish political prisoner Reza Sherifi Bokani has been transferred from Rejai Shar prison in Karaj to Evin Prison in Tehran. According to reports Bokani told his fellow political prisoners in… Read more
Kurdish Man Arrested in Hawraman
Kurdistan Press Agency reports that that a Kurdish man by the name of Mohammad Kerimi, who is originally from the village of Sero Piri in the Hawraman region of Iranian… Read more
Kurdish Activist from Salmas Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
An Iranian Revolutionary Court in the Kurdish city of Salmas has sentenced the Kurdish activist, Farhad Panirak, to five years in prison. Panirak is originally from Broshkhovaran village outside Salmas…. Read more
Revolutionary Guards Killed a Kurdish Citizen in Rabat
On Tuesday Iranian revolutionary guard soldiers killed a Kurdish man by the name of Ismail Sherefi in the town of Rabat in Iranian Kurdistan. According to the news agency Sherefi,… Read more
Kurdish Student Activist Stages a Hunger Strike
An imprisoned Kurdish student by the name of Naser Naseri started a hunger strike in the prison of Mahabad due to bad conditions in the prison. Naseri was arrested and… Read more
Kurdish Student Activist Arrested in Paveh
Iran’s intelligence service arrested a Kurdish student activist in the city of Paveh. Kurdistan Press Agency reports that Hemn Ajend was arrested on Sunday 20, January. According to news agency… Read more
Yet Another Kurdish Courier Killed in Baneh
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard killed yet another Kurdish courier outside the Kurdish city of Baneh. Kurdistan Press Agency reports that revolutionary guard soldiers opened fire on a Kurdish courier by the… Read more
Kurdish Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment
According to reports from the Central Prison in Mahabad a Kurdish political prisoner by the name of Qasem Rehimazer is being denied medical treatment in the prison despite being very… Read more
Two Kurdish men arrested in Paveh
Iran’s intelligence agency Etleeat arrested two Kurdish men in the city of Paveh in Iranian Kurdistan last Tuseday. The reason that the two men, Seiwan and Sheriar Resoli, were arrested… Read more
Eleven Kurdish teachers sentenced to prison in Iran
The third branch of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj sentenced eleven Kurdish sentenced to prison for 3 years and 11 month. The names of the sentenced teachers are: Ali Qoreishi… Read more