Orumieh; Re-arrest of a sixteen-year-old teenager

Mobeen Sheikhapour, a 16-year-old teenager from Mahabad, was arrested after being summoned to the Urmia Intelligence Department. A teenager was arrested in Urmia. It has been reported that his identity is Mubin Sheikhapour, sixteen years old, son of Rasool, from Qamqala village, Mahabad. According to this report, the named person was arrested after being summoned and referred to the Urmia Intelligence Department. Earlier in the past month, Mobeen Sheikhapour was summoned to the Mahabad Intelligence Department and was beaten by the security forces. Until the time of writing this report, there is no information about the charges against this teenager and his condition. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/07/orumieh-re-arrest-of-a-sixteen-year-old-teenager/

Also, in the past few days, 5 Sunni religious activists and Kurdish citizens named Somaiyeh Qadri, Hossein Bayzidi, Mohammad Soltani, Mohammad Moradi and Hadi Yousefpour were arrested by the security forces in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province and taken to an unknown place. So far, no information has been obtained about the place of detention and the charges brought against these people.

In less than a week, 3 kolbers have been killed

On Sunday night, another Kolber was killed in the Hengajal border strip of Bane city, thus, in less than a week, three Kolbers were killed by Iranian regime forces. On the evening of Sunday, May 5, a 40-year-old Kolber named Ata Rostampour from Saqqez city was killed by Iranian regime forces in Hengajal border area of Baneh city in Kurdistan province. Since the beginning of May, at least 3 Kolbers have been killed and 2 Kolbers have been wounded by Iranian forces. One of the wounded Colbers, 17-year-old Aria Mamandi, lost one of her eyes. In April, at least 4 Kolbers were killed and more than 30 Kolbers were injured. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/06/in-less-than-a-week-3-kolbers-have-been-killed/

17-year-old kolber lost one of his eyes

17-year-old kolber from Sardasht, who was injured in two eyes due to the firing of the Iranian military forces, lost one of his eyes and his condition was declared critical in Tabriz hospital. According to Colbert News, after “Aria Mamandi” kolber , 17 years old from Sardasht, was injured by the shooting of the Iranian military forces, he was transferred to a hospital in Tabriz due to the deterioration of his condition. According to reports, this child has lost the vision in one of his eyes as a result of being hit in the face by the bullets fired by the military forces of the regime, and his general condition has been declared critical. On the evening of Friday, May 3, 2024, border regiment forces shot kolber “Aria Mamendi” shotguns in Sardasht border. since the beginning of May until now, two colubbers named Hyman Ahmadi and Jalal Sohrabi have been killed in the border areas of Saqqez and Bane, and two colubbers have been injured in Nausud and Sardasht. In April, at least 4 Kolbers were killed and more than 30 Kolbers were injured. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/05/17-year-old-kolber-lost-one-of-his-eyes/

Widespread arrest of Kurdish activists on charges of participating in Nowruz celebrations

The arrest of Kurdish civil activists continues on the charge of participating in Nowruz celebrations, and 15 civil activists, political activists and artists have been arrested in the past four days. According to the news received, Iranian security forces have arrested 14 political, civil and artistic activists in the city of Ashnoyeh for organizing and participating in Nowruz ceremonies. One of those arrested, Hadi Laweh, is a young Kurdish artist, the reason for his arrest was singing epic songs during the Nowruz ceremony. Hamzah Jafari (Bardin Jafari), a Kurdish singer, was arrested in Gilangharb city of Kermanshah province with the same charge.

Besides his artistic activities, Bardin Jafari is a well-known civil activist in Kermanshah and previously published several songs about the Turkish attack on Afrin, Mother Language Day and International Women's Day.

Iranian forces shot him in the face from close distance

Iran's border regiment forces seriously wounded a teenager Kolber in both eyes in the border area of Sardasht. On Friday, May 3, a teenager Kolber named Arian, 17 years old from Savan village, was seriously injured in the Sardasht border.

The border regiment forces of Iran shot at the face of this kolber from a close distance, and each of Arian's eyes was injured and he is facing the risk of losing his eyes. On the other hand, the forces of Iran's Border Regiment beat up a Kolber, broke his nose and seriously injured him in the head area. The identity of the wounded Kolber is "Shahram Sabzevari" from the city of Shahu Ravansar. According to this report, border regiment forces beat the mentioned gun and seriously wounded him in the head.

since the beginning of May until now, two colubbers named Hyman Ahmadi and Jalal Sohrabi have been killed in the border areas of Saqqez and Bane, and two colubbers have been injured in Nausud and Sardasht. In April, at least 4 Kolbers were killed and more than 30 Kolbers were injured.

Another kolber was killed in less than 24 hours

On Thursday, May 2, a 40-year-old Kolber named Jalal Sohrabi was killed as a result of the shooting by border guards in “Surkew” area of Bane city of Kurdistan province. This is the second case of Kolubrs being killed by border guards in the past 24 hours. Last evening, a 45-year-old Kolber named Hayman Ahmadi was killed by border guards in Bastam border area of Saqez city of Kurdistan province. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Thursday, May 2, border guards in the border area of “Sur kew” Baneh, a group of Kolubrans were shot at from a close distance and without prior warning by the border guards, as a result of which a Kolubar named Jalal Sohrabi was killed. Jalal Sohrabi, 40 years old, the father of 2 children, was from the village of “Tajan”, Baneh. Last year, this colbert was also injured during the colbert as a result of the shooting of border guards. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/02/another-kolber-was-killed-in-less-than-24-hours/

They shot him in the heart from a distance of one meter

The forces of Iran’s border guard regiment shot a kolbar in the heart from a distance of one meter in Bastam region of Saqqez and killed him. Therefore, according to eyewitnesses, on the night of Wednesday, May 1st, the forces of Iran’s border guard regiment shot at the heart of a colbar named Hemn Ahmadi from a distance of one meter without prior warning and killed him. Hemn Ahmadi was 45 years old, married and the father of an 8-year-old daughter. Between May 1, 2023 and May 1, 2024, about 50 Kolbers were killed and more than 420 Kolbers were injured.

Armed conflict in Baneh. 4 members of the border regiment were killed and injured

As a result of the armed conflict in the Hengjal border area near the city of Baneh, one member of the Iranian Border Guard Regiment was killed and 3 other members of this force were injured. According to recent reports, a group of members of Iran’s border guard unit was ambushed by an unknown group at Hengjal border near Bane city of Kurdistan province, and one member of the border guard regiment was killed in this conflict. The Tasnim site affiliated with the IRGC announced that a guard tower in the Baneh border regiment was killed and two soldiers and one staff member of the border regiment were injured. Although government sources have indirectly accused Kurdish opposition parties, none of the Kurdish parties have claimed responsibility for this attack. In the past two years, the Hengjal border region has been the most dangerous region for the Kolbers. Dozens of kolbers were killed by direct fire from the forces of the Border Guard Regiment in Hengjal.

The execution of a Kurdish prisoner and the imminent threat of execution of two other prisoners

The death sentence of Anwar Khezri, a political prisoner of the Kurdish Sunni religion, who was accused of being a member of Salafist groups, was executed on Wednesday after 15 years of imprisonment. Khosrow Basharat and Kamran Sheikhe are in imminent danger of execution. Anwar is the fifth person to be executed in a seven-person case. The Iranian Human Rights Organization warns that two others, Khosrow Basharat and Kamran Sheikhe, are in imminent danger of execution. In order to save these two and other defendants who are on the death row, this organization asks the people and the international community to react to the wave of executions in the Islamic Republic. According to the information of Iran Human Rights Organization, on the morning of Wednesday, May 12th, Anwar Khezri, a Sunni Kurdish political prisoner, was executed after 15 years of imprisonment in Qazal Hesar prison in Karaj. Anwar Khezri was arrested in a joint case together with Farhad Salimi, Dawood Abdullahi, Ayoub Karimi, Khosrow Basharat, Kamran Sheikha and Qasim Abasteh in February 2009 and were sentenced to death based on their confessions under torture and without a fair trial. Earlier, four of the defendants in this case named Qasim Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi, Dawood Abdullahi and Farhad Salimi were executed in the past months. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Anwar Khazari was transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday, April 30, to execute the death sentence, and was executed on Wednesday morning without the family’s knowledge and the right to have a last visit in Qezel-Hesar prison in Karaj. Hours after the execution of Anwar Khezri, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience in Qazal-Hesar prison in Karaj, one of his co-accused named Khosro Basharat was transferred to solitary confinement to execute the death sentence. Khosrow Basharat was arrested in February 2009 by security forces in Mahabad city and transferred to Urmia Intelligence Department detention center.

In the grievance letter he published in 2019, he reported about his one-month detention and torture in the detention center of the Urmia Intelligence Department: “It was in February 2009 that I was arrested by the intelligence of Mahabad city and they immediately transferred me to the Urmia Intelligence Detention Center. For a whole month, they subjected me to various tortures. They tied my hands with handcuffs for a long time. They hung me from the ceiling with handcuffs many times They tied me to a bed and hit the soles of my feet with high-tension electric cables, so that my brain almost came out of my mouth, and my eyes were about to burst. These tortures continued for three weeks and after that They threatened me with the arrest of my family members, and at that time, under these tortures and threats, the interrogator wrote the accusations dictated to me by himself and forcibly took my signature and fingerprints on the same sheet, while at that time it was as if I was in this world. I wasn’t there and I didn’t know what I was signing.” After the beginning of the uprising of women, life, freedom, the number of executions in Iran has increased in an unprecedented way. In 2021, 333 people were executed in Iran, in 2022 and at the same time as the uprising of women, life, freedom, 582 people were executed in Iran, and in 2023, according to the report of the Iranian Human Rights Organization, this number reached 834 people. Since the beginning of 2024, 171 people have been executed in Iran.

Kurdish singer Hadi Laveh was arrested by Iranian security forces

According to the reports received this morning, the young Kurdish singer Hadi Laweh was arrested by the Iranian security forces in the city of Ashnoye./ According to eyewitnesses, the security forces had announced during the arrest of this Kurdish artist that they were arresting him for singing banned political songs./ Sources close to the family of this Kurdish singer have announced that the security forces have arrested Hadi Lavah with great violence./ So far, there is no information about the place of detention of this young Kurdish artist./ According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, at least 36 Kurdish political, civil and cultural activists have been arrested in Iran./ https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/01/kurdish-singer-hadi-laveh-was-arrested-by-iranian-security-forces/

Two Iranian Kurdish citizens were killed by the Turkish airstrike

On April 28, two Iranian Kurdish citizens named Ahmad Heydari and Rasool Yunsi, from Sardasht and resident of Mahabad, were killed in the bombing of the Turkish army’s drones in Khuneira mountain in Erbil province.\ These two Iranian Kurdish citizens had gone to this area to collect spring plants.\ After three days of searching, today, Wednesday, May 1, the relatives of the victims were able to find their bodies.\ According to CPT statistics, since 2015, more than 160 Kurdish civilians have been killed and more than 240 people have been injured due to Turkish airstrikes in different areas of Iraqi Kurdistan.\ https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/01/two-iranian-kurdish-citizens-were-killed-by-the-turkish-airstrike/