Last week a large number of members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attacked the Kurdish city of Newsod, resulting in a clash with the local population. During the following days the Revolutionary Guard arrested several men in the city.
Some of the men arrested are:
1. Neqi Fetahi
2. Yawar Fetahi
3. Dlber Fetahi
4. Akbar Weisi
5. Najat (member of city [...]
Iran’s intelligence Service (Itlahat) has during the past couple of days arrested a large number of Kurds from the villages of Tabe, Gergesk, Konelajan, Ziwe and Kasore, all located near the Kurdish city of Pirnashar.
There is no information about the number of Kurds arrested, but at least 25 persons from the mentioned villages have been [...]
Iran’s minister of Itlahat (Intelligence Service), Haydar Moslahi, stated that the Revolutionary Guard had killed four persons and arrested 14 in the Kurdish city of Snne (Sanandaj) in response to the wave of assassinations that took place in the city during the past couple of weeks.
Moslahi also confirmed that two members of the Revolutionary Guard [...]
Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard arrested two Kurdish activists, by the names of Ghasem Krmanshari and Fereidon Raziani, in the Kurdish city of Kermanshar, on the 27 of September.
It is unclear what the men have been charged with. According to information from Kermanshar the family members of the two arrested men have been threatened not [...]
In an open letter the Association of Family Members of Kurdish Prisoners express their concern about planned executions of Kurdish prisoners in Snne (Sanandaj). Different sources in Iranian Kurdistan has claimed that the head of the judiciary branch of the Islamic Republic have sent a secret letter to its officials in Snne demanding that all [...]
Since the start of the new academic year a large number of Kurdish students have been expelled from different universities in Iran. All of the students that have been expelled have been charged with either civil disobedience or political activism, which is strictly forbidden.
Last week a large number of Kurdish students were expelled from the [...]
An Islamic court in the Kurdish city of Saghez sentenced Eghbal Zarai to 10 years of prison a couple of days ago.
Zarai was charged with being a member of a Kurdish opposition group and he was not allowed to have any legal representation at the court during the proceeding.
On the 25th of September, members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attacked the home of Shamsadin Shehsewari, brother of the martyred Kurdish Peshmerga Jafar Shehsewari.
The Revolutionary Guard’s claimed to be searching for weapons. It is very common for members of the Revolutionary Guard to harass and attack civilian family members of Kurd’s serving in the Peshmerga [...]
The Revolutionary Guard arrested seven Kurd’s and questioned another six in the village of Gerkashan, which is located close to the city of Shno, after that a clash erupted between the local population and the Revolutionary Guard’s.
People of the village have complained for years that their land is being used as a dumping place for [...]
During the last couple of months, several Kurdish university students have been expelled from different universities all around Iran. Students of the University of Zanjan report that 17 Kurdish students had been notified that they would not be able to register for the academic year.The students said that they were given no reason for being [...]
