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Rights Alert: Four Medical Professionals Arbitrarily Detained in Iran; Whereabouts Unknown
2026 , February 16
The wave of arbitrary arrests by the security apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to target medical professionals and healthcare workers. According to reports obtained by Jinamedia, four members of the medical community—including three...
Rights Alert: Wave of Arrests of Kurdish Citizens by Iranian Security Forces
2026 , February 16
The Iranian security apparatus has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish civilians and activists across the provinces of...
Iranian Students Protest Detention of Medical Workers, Condemn Crackdown on Aban Protests
2026 , February 09
Students at universities across Iran have launched protests and issued public statements demanding the release of detained medical workers—including doctors, nurses, and healthcare staff—who were arrested during the nationwide protests in Aban...
“Hengaw”: At Least 3,000 Killed and 20,000 Arrested During Iran Protests
2026 , January 28
Jinamedia – In a newly released report, the human rights organization Hengaw has documented what it describes as a widespread and violent crackdown on recent protests in Iran. According to the report, at least 3,000 civilians have been killed and more than 20,000 people arrested...
Renowned Kurdish Artist Yalda Abbasi Detained Upon Return to Iran
2026 , January 28
Yalda Abbasi, a well-known Kurdish artist from North Khorasan and a resident of Germany, was detained by Iranian security forces upon her return to Iran and transferred to prison to serve a previously issued sentence. According to informed sources, Abbasi was arrested without...
Arrests of Children, Escalating Crackdown, and Growing Human Rights Concerns in Iran
2026 , January 05
As the wave of public protests across Iran enters its second week, reports indicate an intensification of state repression, including...
UN Rapporteur: 2025 a Dark Year for Human Rights in Iran
2026 , January 01
At the end of 2025, Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, released a written assessment revealing an unprecedented rise in...
At Least Four Kurdish Citizens Arrested During Protests in Asadabad
2026 , January 01
Amid the continuation of protests by shopkeepers and citizens in several cities, at least four Kurdish citizens were arrested on Tuesday evening,...
Two Kurdish Citizens Arrested in Saqqez
2026 , January 01
  Two Kurdish citizens from Saqqez, identified as Mostafa Mesri and Hamed Nabati, have been arrested by intelligence forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an unknown...
Increased Security Pressure on Two Kurdish Journalists
2025 , June 30
Increased Security Pressure on Two Kurdish Journalists Kurdish human rights journalists under threat: Himan Bayazidpour and Fayegh Rasouli receive death threats June 30, 2025...
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities
2025 , June 29
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities Five Citizens Arrested in Mariwan by Iranian Security Forces Amid...
Iranian Journalists and Activists Under Threat from the Islamic Republic
2025 , June 26
Iranian Journalists and Activists Under Threat from the Islamic Republic Voices in Exile: Iranian Journalists and Activists in Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey Under Threat Following the Iran-Israel...
Iran Is Taking Revenge for Its Defeats by Israel by Repressing the Kurdish People
2025 , June 25
Statement and Urgent Appeal to the International Community The Islamic Republic of Iran Is Taking Revenge for Its Defeats by Israel by Repressing the...
Kurdish Refugee Welcomes UK Move to Designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as Terrorist Group
2025 , May 07
A Kurdish refugee and human rights activist has expressed strong support for the UK Home Office’s proposed move to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
Arrest of a Kurdish Cultural Activist in Kermanshah
2025 , February 11
Arrest of a Kurdish Cultural Activist in Kermanshah Sewrat Sohrabi, 36 years old, a Kurdish cultural activist from Javanrud and residing in Kermanshah, was arrested on...
Confirmation of the death sentence of the political prisoner Azizi in the Supreme Court
2025 , January 11
As the confirmation of the death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi, a political prisoner, has sparked widespread protests from human rights activists, her brother announced that her case has been sent to the execution department. Pakhshan Azizi, a political prisoner and civil...
Iran Arrests 88 Kurdish Citizens in December Amid Widening Crackdown
2025 , January 09
A report from the Hangaw Human Rights Center reveals that Iranian authorities arrested at least 123 citizens in December, with Kurdish citizens making up the majority of those detained. Of the total, 88...
Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Pakshan Azizi
2025 , January 09
  The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentence for Pakshan Azizi, a political prisoner...
Transferring a Kurdish citizen to prison to serve a 7-year sentence
2024 , November 20
"Amir Baboli", a Kurdish citizen from Mahabad, who was previously sentenced to prison by the Iranian judicial system, was taken to prison to execute the sentence.  Amir Baboli from the village of "Laj" in...
Iranian Writers' Association Statement on the Death Penalty
2024 , November 20
The Iranian Writers' Association issued a statement on Monday November 18th, 2024 protesting the death sentences of Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi.  Referring to the bloody repression of October 2019, the statement said,...