In its month-to-month studies, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights circumstances of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in several areas and cities throughout Iran.
This report contains all circumstances recorded and reported by KHRN from throughout Iran via its personal sources and verification mechanisms from 1 February to 29 February.
The restrictive setting for unbiased human rights organisations in Iran, coupled with the pressures confronted by people subjected to human rights violations and their households, make it tough to publish correct and complete studies.
It is due to this fact necessary to notice that the statistics and data introduced on this report don’t cowl all circumstances of human rights violations. This report is the results of analyzing information and studies revealed by the KHRN and fact-checking of studies revealed by different human rights organisations and information web sites.
According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed no less than one prisoner in February, recognized as Iraj Paki.
Paki was a 38-year-old father of three kids who was arrested about 4 years in the past on drug trafficking costs.
*Explanation: The KHRN, recognizing the elemental proper to life, publishes and information information and execution statistics with out regard to the ethnic background of people and the situation of the execution. All circumstances reported to the organisation by credible sources are revealed after thorough fact-checking.
On 27 February, legislation enforcement forces opened hearth on a non-public automobile within the village of Savan in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, ensuing within the demise of Kurdish tradesman Kavan Amjadi-Nia.
Law enforcement forces stationed at a checkpoint within the village adopted Amjadi-Nia’s automobile, cornered it and fired at it regardless that there have been no international items within the automobile.
Deaths and killings in prisons
On 26 February, Kurdish political prisoner Shahin Gallehdari took his personal life as a result of strain and torture by the Ministry of Intelligence.
Gallehdari, 50, from the village of Haki in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was serving a two-year sentence in Orumiyeh Central Prison.
In February, landmine explosions in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, resulted within the demise of 1 particular person and accidents to a few others.
In February, no less than two kolbars have been shot lifeless by Iranian border guards and one died of frostbite within the western border areas of the nation.
A complete of fifty kolbars have been injured throughout this era. Of these, 41 have been shot by Iranian border guards, three have been injured in street accidents, two fell from heights on the border, two fell whereas being chased by border guards, one was stabbed by border guards and one was overwhelmed by border guards.
At least two employees died in work-related accidents in Kermanshah and Orumiyeh previously month.
Throughout February, Iranian forces arrested no less than 29 civilians, together with seven activists and two artists.
At least six of the detained civilians have been despatched to prisons in Sanandaj, Bukan, Naqadeh, and Oshnavieh to serve jail sentences.
In the previous month, Iranian courts have sentenced no less than 17 folks to punishments starting from fines to the demise penalty.
NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1Iraj PakiSalmasDrug trafficking19 FebArdabil Central Prison38-year-old father of three, arrested about 4 years in the past
NameFromLocationDateOrganisationExplanation
1Kavan Amjadi-NiaSardashtSavan village, Sardasht27 FebLaw enforcement forcesHis automobile, which was not carrying any international items, was chased and shot at
Deaths and killings in prisons
NameFromLocationCharged withDateExplanation
1Shahin GallehdariOrumiyehOrumiyeh Central PrisonAppearing in opposition to nationwide safety by collaboration with PKK26 FebCommitted suicide resulting from strain and torture from Ministry of Intelligence
NameLocation of IncidentDate of incidentStatusExplanation
1Iraj MahmoudiGilan-e Gharb6 FebKilledFrom Gilangharb, died resulting from severity of his accidents on 12 February
2UnknownGilan-e Gharb6 FebInjured
3UnknownGilan-e Gharb6 FebInjured
4UnknownGilan-e Gharb17 FebInjured
NameFromIncident locationIncident dateDead/InjuredExplanation
1Sina AhmadiSaqqezBaneh1 FebInjured23 years outdated, shot by border guards
2Kouhsar RostamnezhadPavehNowsud2 FebInjuredShot by border guards, bullet hit his pupil and he was taken to the hospital for remedy. In the previous yr, two different brothers of the kolbar have been additionally injured by gunfire from border forces.
3Diako MohammadiDivandarrehBaneh2 FebInjured17 years outdated, shot by border guards
4Mehdi SalemSalas-e BabajaniShaho Saryas route3 FebInjuredRoad accident
5Khalil MesriSalas-e BabajaniShaho Saryas route3 FebInjuredRoad accident, situation crucial
6UnknownSalas-e BabajaniShaho Saryas route3 FebInjuredRoad accident
7Hamzeh YousefiSalas-e BabajaniNowsud4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
8Mansour Pir-VeysiSalas-e BabajaniNowsud4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
9Khalegh AboubakriBanehBaneh4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
10Ali AboubakriBanehBaneh4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
11Nasser BariBanehBaneh4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
12Hemin (surname unknown)BanehBaneh4 FebInjuredShot by border guards
13Nariman AziziJavanrudNowsud5 FebInjuredShot by border guards
14Nezam TeymouriSaqqezBaneh5 FebInjured38 years outdated, shot by border guards
15Sirvan SharifiBanehBaneh5 FebInjured21 years outdated, shot by border guards
16Farid RoubinaMarivanMarivan6 FebDiedFrostbite
17Hassel KouraniMahabadBaneh7 FebInjured20 years outdated, shot by border guards
18Soran RahimiSaqqezBaneh7 FebInjured19 years outdated, shot by border guards
19Ayoub MahmoudiBanehBaneh7 FebInjured35 years outdated, shot by border guards
20Yousef MahabadiMahabadBaneh9 FebInjured26 years outdated, first overwhelmed by border guards after which shot from just a few meters away
21Farzad (surname unknown)UnknownBaneh9 FebInjuredFirst overwhelmed by border guards after which shot from just a few meters away
22Rashad BabaeiSanandajTateh in Nowsud9 FebInjuredFalling from a peak in the course of the pursuit of border guards
23Belal ShahrokhPavehNowsud9 FebInjuredFalling from a peak
24Seyvan SahihiBanehBaneh11 FebKilled20 years outdated, shot by border guards
25Mohammad BahramiBanehBaneh11 FebInjuredShot by border guards
26Zanyar MohammadiSaqqezBaneh11 FebInjured29 years outdated, shot by border guards
27Delshad (surname unknown)SardashtBaneh14 FebInjuredShot by border guards
28Saadi MahmoudiPiranshahrHaji Omaran, Piranshahr16 FebInjuredShot by border guards
29Omid AzariPiranshahrHaji Omaran, Piranshahr16 FebInjuredShot by border guards
30Salman AmiriMarivanNowsud16 FebInjuredFalling from a peak
31Jalal RahmaniBukanBaneh18 FebInjuredBeaten and shot by border guards
32Ako (surname unknown)UnknownBaneh18 FebInjuredBeaten and shot by border guards
33Rahman RahmanizadehSalas-e BabajaniNowsudMid FebInjuredBeaten by border guards
34Foad KargarJavanrudNowsud21 FebInjuredShot by border guards, father of two kids
35Fazel MalekiJavanrudNowsud21 FebInjuredShot by border guards
36Soheyb (surname unknown)JavanrudNowsud21 FebInjuredShot by border guards
37Kazem OsmaniSaqqezSaqqez21 FebInjuredShot by border guards
38Yasin FallahiMarivanNowsud23 FebInjuredFalling from a peak in the course of the pursuit of border guards
39Milad RoustaeiSalas-e BabajaniNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
40Farzad (surname unknown)UnknownNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
41Behnam KhosraviJavanrudNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
42Hossein BahramiJavanrudNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
43Meysam RostamiPavehNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
44Foad FeyziSanandajNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
45Mobin KaramiSanandajNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
46Yahya NouriSarvabad, MarivanNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
47Meysam AminiSalas-e BabajaniNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
48Arman RahmaniSalas-e BabajaniNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
49Mahmoud KaramiSalas-e BabajaniNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
50Amir RahmaniDalahuNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
51Farzad RostamiDalahuNowsud24 FebInjuredShot by border guards
52Jafar FarajiSaqqezBaneh26 FebKilledShot by border guards
53Taher (surname unknown)Salas-e BabajaniNowsud26 FebInjuredStabbed by border guards
TitleIncident locationIncident dateDied/InjuredExplanation
1UnknownKermanshah5 FebDiedFell from a peak
2Houshang RaseghOrumiyehEarly FebDiedGas poisoning
TitleDetention locationDetention dateActivityLocation held and newest standing
1Yasin AbarianPiranshahr3 FebCivilianTaken to Naqadeh jail
2Eisa EbrahimzadehOshnavieh4 FebLabour activist
3Zhila HojebriMarivanEarly FebPolitical activistTaken to Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj to serve 3 years and eight months of imprisonment
4Hassan MardaniBukan5 FebCivilianTaken to Bukan Prison to serve 3 years of imprisonment
5Loghman PishniyarBukan5 FebCivilianTaken to Bukan Prison to serve 3 years of imprisonment
6Eisa EbrahimzadehOshnavieh6 FebLabour activistTaken to Naqadeh Prison to serve 4 years of imprisonment
7Asad MohammadiSanandaj6 FebCivil rights activistTaken to Sanandaj Prison to serve 1 yr of imprisonment
8Soran PachidehMahabad6 FebCivilian
9Zobeyr Hossein-PanahiDehgolan7 FebCivilianBeaten and arrested after visiting the household residence of Mohammad Faramarzi
10Abbas Hossein-PanahiDehgolan7 FebCivilianBeaten and arrested after visiting the household residence of Mohammad Faramarzi
11Karzan AsemKamyaran7 FebCivilian
12Yasser HosseiniKamyaran12 FebCivilian
13Sajjad MalekshahiQorveh12 FebCivilianArrested for releasing a video through which he referred to as for a boycott of the elections
14Kaveh ChoupaniDivandarreh13 FebCivilian
15Hossein Saed-MucheshiKamyaran13 FebCivilian
16Mostafa Zaher-ZohourSanandaj13 FebCivil rights activist and mountaineerReleased on bail on 19 February
17Shaban MoridiJavanrud13 FebCivilianPreviously arrested in the course of the protests of November 2019 and the protests of 2022. His arrest was accompanied by violence.
18Babak MohammadiSanandaj13 FebSinger and artistArrested for insulting IRGC, was pressured to apologize to this safety establishment in a video
19Ali BaghadamMarivan13 FebCivilian
20Sirvan BazarganMarivan13 FebCivilian
21Hamed AminiMarivan14 FebCivilianSecurity forces, who coated their faces, first took his youngster hostage, and launched the kid after arresting him
22Pedram Hossein-PanahiSanandaj15 FebCivilian
23Ako MohammadniaSanandaj15 FebCivilian
24Rashad ParviziKamyaran17 FebMember of Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association
25Hemin NikpeyMarivan18 FebCivilian
26Zana MenbariSanandaj20 FebCivilian23 years outdated
27Dana LanjabadiMarivan20 FebCivil rights activist and former political prisonerArrested by the Ministry of Intelligence
28Mehran RahimiQuchan21 FebArtistReleased on bail on 24 February
29Abdolkarim KakoulOshnavieh22 FebCivilianTaken to Oshnavieh jail to serve 1 yr of imprisonment
NameResident ofCharged withDate sentencedIssuing courtSentence
1Mohammad KhezrnezhadBukanSpreading corruption on earth, undermining the integrity or independence of the nation, propaganda in opposition to the statemid-FebBranch Three of Islamic Revolutionary Court in OrumiyehDemise penalty and 16 years of imprisonment
2Safa AeliSaqqezGetting ready technique of committting crimes to disturb public order, disturbing the general public thoughts via the publication of lies in cyberspace6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 220 months and 33 days in jail and 74 lashes, which was commuted to free group service
3Samira AhmadiSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
4Hiva JahaniSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
5Omid MoghaddasSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
6Mohammad Azad AminiSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
7Hiva TataeiSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
8Sherko HejaziSaqqezGetting ready technique of committing crimes to disturb public order6 FebBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 28 months of imprisonment and 70 lashes
9Safa AeliSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide safety, propaganda in opposition to the state, insulting the chief of the Islamic Republic7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in SaqqezA complete of 5 years, 4 months and 18 days of imprisonment
10Samira AhmadiSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide security7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez3 years imprisonment and ban on leaving the nation for two years
11Hiva WorldSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide security7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in SaqqezHigh quality of 350 million rials
12Omid MoghaddasSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide security7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in SaqqezHigh quality of 350 million rials
13Mohammad Azad AminiSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide security7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez3 years imprisonment
14Hiva TataiSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide security7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez3 years and 6 months of imprisonment and ban on leaving the nation for two years as extra punishment
15Sherko HejaziSaqqezInvolvement in meeting and collusion in opposition to nationwide safety, membership in opposition teams within the country7 FebBranch One of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez6 years and 1 month and 17 days of imprisonment and a couple of years ban on leaving the nation as extra punishment
16Fatemeh SheikhiAbdanan, IlamInsulting the sacred12 FebBranch 101 of Abdanan Criminal Court 21 yr imprisonment
17Ebrahim RasoulpourNaqadehCollaboration with one of many opposition Kurdish events of the Iranian government13 FebBranch 103 of Naqadeh Criminal Court1 yr imprisonment