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Kurdish Parties Call for International Support
2026 , January 04
Amid the expansion of popular protests across Iran and an intensification of security crackdowns, three political parties from Eastern Kurdistan have issued separate statements condemning the killing...
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 executions and an intensification...
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, December 30, 2025 (9 Dey 1404), during a protest gathering in Asadabad. According to a report by the Hengaw Human Rights Organization,...
Two Kurdish Citizens Arrested in Saqqez
2026 , January 01
  Two Kurdish citizens from Saqqez, identified as Mostafa Mesri and Hamed Nabati, have been...
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,...
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities
2025 , June 29
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities Five Citizens Arrested in Mariwan by Iranian Security Forces Amid escalating security...
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 War Following the end of the twelve-day war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of 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...
Ebrahim Alipour, a Kurdish Photographer from Eastern Kurdistan, Wins the 2025 World Press Photo Award
2025 , May 18
  Ebrahim Alipour, a prominent Kurdish photographer from the city of Baneh in Eastern Kurdistan, has...
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) as a terrorist organization, urging British officials to remain resolute in the face of...
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 February 6th by the forces of the Kermanshah Intelligence Agency. According to reports received from...
General Strike Across East Kurdistan Condemns Death Sentence of Kurdish Political Prisoner
2025 , January 22
A widespread general strike swept through cities and villages in East Kurdistan on Wednesday, January 22, as thousands protested the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner. Reports confirmed that in key cities such as Saqiz, Mahabad,...
General Strike in East Kurdistan in Protest Against Execution Sentences
2025 , January 20
Political parties and forces in East Kurdistan, through a joint statement, have called upon the freedom-loving people of Kurdistan to hold a general strike on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. In this statement, they highlighted the severe economic hardships, inflation,...
Urgent Appeal for International Intervention in the Case of Pakshan Azizi
2025 , January 14
January 14, 2025 – The East Kurdistan National Centre (NNRK) has issued an urgent appeal to the international community and human rights organizations to intervene in the case of Pakshan Azizi, a Kurdish...
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,...
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...
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 currently held in Evin Prison. This verdict, issued by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, was confirmed despite numerous legal and procedural flaws in the case. Amir Raisian,...
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...
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...
Ekbatan case lawyer: death sentence for some accused in "Ekbatan children" case
2024 , November 13
Babak Paknia, a defense attorney, tweeted that in the Ekbatan case, the judges of Branch Thirteen of the Criminal Court One have issued death sentences for Milad Armon, Alireza Kafaei, Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Navid Najaran, Hossein Nemati, and Alireza Bamarzpournak. This ruling can still...