Nine Kurdish citizens were killed within 24 hours by IRI's repressive forces

Hengaw: November 17, 2022

According to statistics recorded in the Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization, the Islamic Republic of Iran's repressive forces killed at least nine Kurdish citizens between the evenings of Tuesday, November 15, and Wednesday, November 16, during the popular resistance in the cities of Kurdistan.

During the last two days of uprisings in Kurdistan, IRI forces brutally attacked the protesters, and in the cities of Sanandaj, Bukan, Kamiyaran, and Sarvabad, they killed at least nine citizens. According to this report, government forces killed eight people by direct fire, four of whom were shot in the head and the other four in the chest and stomach areas. In Bukan City, one citizen was killed by a knife stabbed by the government forces.

Within the past 24 hours, numerous individuals have been injured by the direct firing from the repressive government forces, with three of them reportedly in severe condition.

On the other hand, at least 3 government forces were killed in the cities of Bukan and Kamiyaran during the clashes between the government forces and the populace.

The identities of these nine citizens are as follows:

1. Saman Qadirbaygi: He was killed by government repressive forces firing directly at him during the protests on Wednesday, November 15, in Bukan's Mirzaei neighborhood.

2. Fuad Mohammadi: He was seriously injured in Kamiyaran and died of his injuries after being transferred to a hospital in Sanandaj on Wednesday, November 15. He was a resident of Kamiyaran.

3. Zanyar Allah Moradi: He was a 26-year-old Kurdish man from Sanandaj who was killed by direct fire from the Iranian government's repressive forces in this city.

4. Isa Beiglari: He was a 39-year-old Kurdish citizen from the village of "Nasnar" in Sarvabad who was killed by direct fire from Iranian government forces. He was hit by two AK-47 bullets in his waist in front of Kurdistan University in Sanandaj.

5. Daniyal Pabandi: He was a 17-year-old youngster from Saqqez who was killed by a direct government repressive force fire on the evening of Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in this city's Karimabad neighborhood.

6. Burhan Karami: He was a 30-year-old citizen from Kamiyaran who was killed on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, after being shot in the head and neck by three bullets fired by IRI repressive forces on this city's Zarneh Street.

7. Salar Mojaver: He was 30 years old and died on the evening of Wednesday, November 16, 2022, as a result of being shot by the IRI repressive forces in the Bukan popular resistance.

8. Asad Rahimi: He was a 30-year-old from Bukan who died on the evening of Wednesday, November 16, 2022, as a result of being shot by the IRI repressive forces in the Bukan popular resistance.

9. Mohammad Hasanzadeh: He was a 28-year-old man who was murdered by a knife attack by IRI forces on his chest and heart while attempting to free a woman who had been kidnapped by those forces in the Qazi Garden of Bukan City on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

While expressing sympathy with the families of the victims, Hengaw condemns the brutality of government forces and the use of deadly weapons against ordinary people and calls for the international community's special attention to these systematic crimes in the cities of Iran and especially in Kurdistan.