58 Kurds in Piranshahr summoned and prosecuted for wearing traditional Kurdish attire
Hengaw: Thursday, January 2, 2025
In recent days, at least 58 Kurds from the cities of Mahabad, Bukan, and Piranshahr, including members of families of victims of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, have been summoned by Iran's judiciary after attending a wedding ceremony. Judicial cases have been initiated against them.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, these individuals were summoned to a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr. They are expected to face formal charges in the coming days.
The summons followed the online circulation of photos showing attendees wearing traditional Kurdish attire and the “Jamaaneh” (traditional Kurdish scarf) at the wedding. Notably, in March 2022, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the Jamaaneh a symbol of Kurdish opposition parties, banning its use during Newroz celebrations.
Mojtaba Mahmoudi, the prosecutor of Piranshahr, accused these individuals of “propaganda against the state” for celebrating, dancing, and symbolically expressing Kurdish identity at the wedding. Videos of the event widely shared on social media have also been cited as evidence.
Among those summoned are Hassan Farastishad, Mohammad Daroftadeh, and Hassan Daroftadeh, relatives of Amir Farastishad and Komar Daroftadeh, both victims of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement.
The full list of individuals summoned by the Iranian judiciary is as follows:
Ebrahim Esmaeili
Zanyar Khezri
Aziz Khezri
Badi Ahmadzadeh
Mohammad Sharif Amini Kanisiran
Mohammad Daroftadeh
Hassan Daroftadeh
Abdullah Sharban
Anwar Tareh
Chiya Qasemi
Esmaeil Mohammadi Arshad
Diyar Mahmoudi
Jamal Mahmoudi
Sheikh Mohammad Mamle
Bahman Cheshteh
Ali Daneshi
Diako Mahmoudi
Abdulrahman Sawareh
Mohammad Davari
Ahmad Abdollahzadeh
Hamzeh Zibakalam
Sharif Yousefi
Omid Chawbazem
Mehran Karimi
Rahim Azizi Khalkhaneh
Abubakr Irandoost
Mohammad Rastkar
Seyed Omid Qureshi
Amir Rasoulianpour Deshams
Jafar Azizi
Abdolsalam Amini
Rahim Zahra
Ebrahim Mardani
Omar Yousefi
Seyed Mohammad Salehi
Morad Rasoul Seyed Rasouli
Hassan Farastishad
Tabib Modarresi
Adel Daneshi
Bayezid Khezri
Hassan Rasoulzadeh
Kamal Kakarash
Khalid Ahmadzadeh
Kamyar Khezri
Arman Rahmanipour
Hassan Chamani
Mohammad Rasoulpour
Sediq Karimi
Elias Mohammadi
Mikael Ahmadzadeh
Abubakr Hasaninejad
Omid Mohammadi
Hossein Khedirpour
Rasoul Piroti
Mansour Qaderzadeh
Yousef Mohammadamini Kanisiran
Hassan Esmaeili
Mobin Pas
