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Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and to UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif
Monday 29 January 2024 Mister High Commissioner, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, We, civil society organizations working to promote…
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Unleashed Violence: Repression of Protests in Kurdish Areas of Iran
Reader advisement: Some of the information and imagery in this report is very graphic and some people might find…
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Witness Statement of Shahoo Hosseini
In this witness statement, Shahoo Hosseini, a Kurdish journalist and teacher, shares an account of the extreme pressure under which…
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New Reports of Difficult Conditions for Sunni Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison
Keykhosrow Sharafipour in Rajaee Shahr Prison (Photo credit: HRANA) (September 11, 2014) – In an interview with the Iran Human…
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Iran Expels Newsman Over 'Tone' of Coverage
Iran Expels Newsman Over ‘Tone’ of Coverage From News Services TEHRAN, Sept, 1—Australian journalist Chris de Kretser, who reported…
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Life and Death: Survivor Accounts from Iran’s Kurdish Regions Post-Revolution
(July 1, 2014) – This witness statement compilation serves as a companion package to Haunted Memories: The Islamic Republic’s Executions…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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