A 38-year-old Shouti from the city of Saqqez, was killed by direct gunfire from police forces on the Mahabad-Miandoab road. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, December 30, 2024, police forces targeted the vehicle of a Shouti on the Mahabad-Miandoab route, resulting in the driver’s death. The victim has been identified […]
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Hemin Shah-Mohammadi, a teenager from Oshnavieh, has been arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, December 27, 2024, 17-year-old Hemin Shah-Mohammadi, a resident of the village of “Amirabad” in Oshnavieh County, was detained by security forces. Five days after his arrest, his […]
Ismail Osmani, a resident of Sardasht, has been arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location, bringing the number of arrests in Sardasht to two. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Monday, December 30, 2024, 24-year-old Ismail Osmani was detained by security forces in Sardasht. Reports […]
In the ongoing wave of mass arrests, Rasul Pourkhezri, Fayeq Qaderzadeh, Fardin Nouri, and Fayeq Rashidian, all residents of Saqqez, Oshnavieh, and Mahabad were detained by security forces and taken to undisclosed locations. According to Kolbarnews, at 3 a.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2024, Fayeq Qaderzadeh, a 21-year-old from Mahabad, […]
Kourosh Azizi and Hedi Shadikhah, two residents of Oshnavieh, were arrested by the city’s security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Sunday, December 29, 2024, Kourosh Azizi, a former political prisoner from Oshnavieh, was arrested by security forces. He was detained at […]
Rahman Tabesh, a resident of Oshnavieh, was arrested by the city’s security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, December 30, 2024, security forces raided the family home of this citizen at 4 a.m., detaining him violently. As of the time of this report, no […]
Jamal Sheikhehpour and Afshin Khalifehzadeh, two residents of Mahabad, have been arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, early Sunday morning, December 29, 2024, the two citizens, both from the village of “Qom Qaleh” in the Sharveiran region of Mahabad, were detained by security […]
Shith Amani, a retired worker from Kurdistan Textile and a board member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, was summoned and interrogated by security forces. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, December 29, 2024, Shith Amani appeared at the Sanandaj police intelligence office following a judicial summons. He was questioned […]
A review of labor-related news reveals that workers organized 740 protest actions during the fall quarter, while 338 actions were led by retirees. Both public and private employers responded to these protests with empty promises, reliance on state-sponsored unions, or outright ignoring workers’ demands, hoping to exhaust them into submission. […]
Amin Bazian and Vise (also known as “Saiko Roj”), two residents of Piranshahr, were arrested by security forces and transferred to unknown locations. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, December 28, 2024, Vise, a 25-year-old known as “Saiko Roj,” was arrested by security forces in Piranshahr. Additionally, on Friday, December 27, […]