Afshin Hosseinpanahi, the brother of executed political prisoner Ramin Hosseinpanahi, remains in an uncertain state in Sanandaj prison, despite 46 days passing since his arrest. According to Kolbarnews, Afshin Hosseinpanahi is still being held without clear legal proceedings in Sanandaj prison, even though 46 days have passed since his detention. […]
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Political prisoner Kianoush Cheraghi is on the fourth day of his hunger strike in Ilam Prison, protesting the revocation of his electronic ankle monitor and the enforcement of his prison sentence. According to Kolbarnews, Kianoush Cheraghi, who had previously been released under electronic monitoring from Ilam Prison, faced the revocation […]
Tomorrow, Friday, February 21, marks International Mother Language Day. On February 21, 1952, many Bengali-speaking students at the University of Dhaka the capital of present-day Bangladesh and then East Pakistan protested against the imposition of Urdu as the official language by Pakistan’s central government and demanded official recognition of their […]
Wahab Khadiripour, a resident of Mahabad, has been temporarily released from prison after one month of detention upon posting bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Wahab Khidiripour, a 31-year-old citizen of Mahabad, was released on temporary bail of 500 million tomans until the completion of his legal […]
Mohammad Habibi, spokesperson for the Teachers’ Trade Association, has been released from Evin Prison after completing his sentence. According to Kolbarnews, Mohammad Habibi was released today, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. His release marks the completion of his sentence, including time spent in previous detentions. On November 11, 2024, Habibi was […]
Zahid Khalidian, a resident of Qorveh, has been released from prison on bail. His brother, Wahid Khalidian, had also been released on bail earlier in February. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Zahid Khalidian was temporarily released from Qorveh prison after posting 1 billion tomans in bail, pending […]
Anwar Chaleshi, a political prisoner suffering from cancer, passed away in a hospital after five years of imprisonment, having been denied proper medical treatment. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, February 18, 2025, Anwar Chaleshi, a political prisoner from the village of Lorzini in the Margavar region of Urmia, lost his […]
Hersh Zandi Navgaran, a civil activist from Sanandaj, has been temporarily released from the city’s central prison after posting bail. According to Kulbarnews, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Hersh Zandi Navgaran, a civil activist and former political prisoner, was temporarily released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison after a month […]
Seven civil activists from Sanandaj have been summoned to Branch 2 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in the city on charges of “disrupting public order and peace.” According to Kolbarnews, Sohrab Jalali, Kamal Fakourian, Mokhtar Asadi, Fatemeh Zandkarimi, Jamal Asadi, Jamil Amini, and Zahra Mohammadi received a summons […]
A court session was held to review the charges against protest rapper Toomaj Salehi. According to Kolbarnews, today, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, the court convened to address a new case against Toomaj Salehi, which was filed due to the release of a song. As a result, he faced new legal […]