Thursday 15 January, 2026

Minorities

Yarsan
Baha'i
Christian
Queer
Sunni
Gonabadi dervish
Erfan-e-Halqeh
Two Kurdish men, Ardeshir Zarei and Mohammad Seidi, shot dead by Iranian forces in Saveh and Karaj
14 January 2026 23:30
December Protests – Three members of a Yarsani Kurdish family, including two women, arrested by Iranian forces
14 January 2026 22:41
At least five Kurdish men shot dead by Iranian forces in Kermanshah protests
10 January 2026 14:55
December Protests – 13 Kurds arrested in Marivan, Tehran, Ilam, Darreh Shahr, Sarpol-e Zahab, Harsin, and Ivan-e Gharb
07 January 2026 21:49
Hengaw: Iran kills protester Amirhesam Khodayarifard as state media promote “Basij” claim
01 January 2026 16:20
Iranian forces open fire at Yarsan sacred site in Dalahu
03 October 2025 22:13
12-year-old Aylar Zaherpour murdered by her father in Eslamabad-e Gharb
05 April 2025 21:15
Kermanshah: Mojtaba Vaisi, a Kurdish Yarsan adherent, forcibly arrested by IRGC Intelligence Forces
07 March 2025 11:46
Qasr-e Shirin: Kurdish kolbar killed by direct Fire from IRGC border forces
01 March 2025 00:03
Prisoner executed in Kermanshah Central Prison
26 February 2025 23:40
Qasr-e Shirin: Two Kurdish Yarsan Followers Arrested, their whereabouts unknown
21 February 2025 23:44
Qasr-e Shirin: Loqman Vaisi arrested and his fate remains unknown
21 February 2025 12:59
Security forces arrest two Yarsan adherents in Javanrud
30 January 2025 23:55
Uncertainty surrounding the whereabouts of Yazdan Qanbari, a Yarsan adherent, following arrest in Kermanshah
06 November 2024 11:27
Mozhgan Kavousi, Kurdish Writer and Researcher, Sentenced to One Year of Imprisonment
18 August 2024 17:23
Political Prisoner and Yarsan Adherent Reza Rasai Secretly Executed
06 August 2024 11:15
Hengaw Expresses Concern Over Potential Execution of Reza Rasai
02 May 2024 22:15
The Death Sentence for a Kurdish “Yarsan” adherent has been confirmed by the Supreme Court in Iran
24 December 2023 22:32
Kurdish Protester and “Yarsan” adherent was sentenced to death by Iranian judiciary
12 October 2023 14:57
Release of Final Verdicts by Sahneh County Judiciary for 71 Detained “Yarsan” adherents in Iran
28 July 2023 20:42
Yarsani Kurdish man killed by the direct fire of the Iranian government forces
28 March 2023 23:24
Three Yarsani brothers were transferred to the intelligence detention facility from the Kermanshah prison
30 December 2022 15:01
The fate of 4 members of the Board of Directors of Yarsan Activists Consultative Assembly remains unknown after their arrest
02 December 2022 00:47
Kheirollah Haghjouyan, a Kurdish Yarsani activist, was sentenced to prison
29 June 2022 11:07