Idris Menbari, a Kurdish language instructor, has been sentenced by the appeals court to one year of imprisonment and one year of suspended imprisonment over a three-year period. According to Kolbarnews, the regime’s appeals court overturned the initial ten-year prison sentence of Idris Menbari, a civil activist, Kurdish language instructor, […]
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The dismissal order for Leila Salimi, a teachers’ union activist from Sanandaj, issued by the Ministry of Education’s Administrative Violations Appeals Board, has been reduced to a two-month suspension from service. According to Kolbarnews, citing the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Union Associations, Leila Salimi has been temporarily suspended from […]
December 10, marks International Human Rights Day. Seventy-six years ago, on this day, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as a globally binding document. The concept of “human rights” was familiar to the world before this date, but the idea of turning […]
Haidar Fattahi, a resident of Marivan, has been sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Marivan on charges of “collaboration with Kurdish opposition parties.” According to Kolbarnews, Haider Fattahi was arrested on Saturday, June 9, 2023, when plainclothes agents from the Marivan Intelligence Office raided his […]
Omid Shah-Mohammadi, Parviz Ahsani, Kaveh Mohammadzadeh, and Hiwa Qureshi, teacher union activists from Divandareh, have been sentenced to dismissal from their positions and exile by the Preliminary Disciplinary Committee for Education Employees in Kurdistan Province. According to Kolbarnews, citing the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, these educators were […]
Ayoub Damavandi, a resident of Piranshahr, has been sentenced to five years and 15 days of imprisonment by the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad. According to Kolbarnews, Mr. Damavandi was convicted of “espionage for Israel” by Judge “Doosti.” He has filed an appeal against the court’s ruling. […]
Rahman Qaderi, a resident of Piranshahr, has been sentenced to eight months of imprisonment by Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of the city. According to Kolbarnews, Rahman Qaderi, a 25-year-old resident of the village of “Andizeh” near Piranshahr, was convicted of “propaganda against the regime” and sentenced to eight […]
One week after the arrest of two Saqqez residents, Hiwa Feyzi and Hossein Firoozi, their fate remains unknown, causing growing concern among their families. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, December 2, 2024, security forces raided the village of “Molanabad” near Saqqez and arrested the two individuals without presenting any judicial […]
Omid Hamedi, a high school teacher in Kamyaran, has been arrested by the city’s security forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, December 7, 2024, security forces raided Mr. Hamedi’s workplace and arrested him. Following his arrest, the forces took him to his home, conducted […]
Suleiman Choupani, a resident of Piranshahr, has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison by the regime’s court. According to Kolbarnews, Branch 102 of the Criminal Court in Piranshahr convicted Mr. Choupani on charges of “membership in one of the Kurdish opposition parties against the regime.” Mr. […]