Publications
Publications
Witness Statement of Ahmad Khalili
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Ahmad Khalili
In this witness statement, Ahmad Khalili—a member of the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority in Iran—recalls his father’s imprisonment on political…
Witness Statement of Mother Shaheed
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Mother Shaheed
In this witness statement, Mother Shaheed—a Kurdish homemaker formerly residing in Mahabad—describes the execution of her daughter in 1981. Her…
Witness Statement of Abdullah Mostafa Soltani
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Abdullah Mostafa Soltani
In this witness statement, Abdullah Mostafa Soltani—a former Kurdish peshmerga—discusses the hostilities of the central government of the Islamic Republic…
Witness Statement of Heshmat Mostafa Soltani
June 30, 2014
Witness Statement of Heshmat Mostafa Soltani
In this witness statement, Heshmat Mostafa Soltani—a former Kurdish peshmerga—discusses the execution of four of his brothers by Islamic Republic…
Witness Statement of Gelawij Heidari
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Gelawij Heidari
In this witness statement, Gelawij Heidari—a Kurdish homemaker from Paveh—recounts the Iranian central government’s military attack on the Kurdish region…
Witness Statement of Aziz Mamleh
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Aziz Mamleh
In this witness statement, Aziz Mamleh—an attorney and representative of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)—describes the high-level negotiations…
Witness Statement of Maruf Kabi
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Maruf Kabi
In this witness statement, Maruf Kabi—an Iranian Kurd—recounts the Iranian government’s execution of his two sisters, Nasrin Kabi and Shahla…
Witness Statement of Farkhondeh
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Farkhondeh
In this witness statement, Farkhondeh—a Kurdish homemaker—describes the execution of her son by Iranian authorities a year after the Iranian…
Witness Statement of Hamed Saati
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Hamed Saati
In this witness statement, Hamed Saati—an Iranian Kurd now living in Sweden—describes the Kurdish reaction to the 1979 referendum on…
Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
June 29, 2014
Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
In this witness statement, Farhad Sarhangi—a former Kurdish peshmerga—recalls his numerous arrests and imprisonments in Iran in the early 1980s.…