Hengaw Report No.6 on the Kurdistan protests, 15 dead and 733 injured
Hengaw: Thursday, September 22, 2022
On September 21, 2022, while protesting, the Islamic Republic of Iran's armed forces shot and killed at least 8 Kurdish demonstrators. The same forces also imprisoned dozens more people and injured more than 281 people.
According to a report acquired by the Hengaw human rights organizaion, the security forces of Iran responded to yesterday's demonstrations by killing at least 8 protesters, including two teenagers, aged 15 and 16, in the cities of Urmia, Shno,West Islamabad, and Ivangharb.
The names of the fatalities, as confirmed by Hengaw, are as follows: Saeid Mohammadi, Mohsen Qaisari, Amin Maraft (16), Milan Haqiqi, Sadruddin Litani, Abdulla Mhammadpour (15), Matin Abdullapour and, Dansh Rahnima.
Cities where protests have been shot and killed:
Urmia: Farjad darwishi, Abdulla Mohammadpour, Matin Abdullapour, ans Dansh Rahnima.
Shno- Urmia province: Amin Marafat (16 years old), Milan Haqiqi, and Sadruddin Litani.
Diwandara: Foad Qadimi and Mohsen Mohammadi
Saqez: Faridoun Mahmoudi
Kermashan: Mino Majidi
West Islamabad: Saeid Mohammadi
Ilam: Mohsen Qaisari
Dehgolan: Reza Lotfi
Piranshahr: Zakarya Khayal
According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization statistics, at least 12 cities took to the streets on Wednesday 21 September, including Abdanan, Ilam, Kermashan, Sanandej, Urmia, Qurue, Rabt, Sardasht, Piranshahr, Shno, Paveh, West Islamabad, Ivangharb and Bokan, to protest the state kill of a 22-year-old girl from Saqqez. After government forces intervened, the protests turned violent, with at least eight protesters killed and 281 others injured.
Another protester has been slain, according to Hengaw sources, and his body is at Khumaini Hospital in Shno. Members of the Hengaw team are also investigating reports that several protesters have been killed in West Islamabad.
Cities where protests have devolved into violence:
Urmia: 3 killed and 33 injured
Shno: 3 killed and 43 injured
Ilam: 1 killed and 27 injured
West Islamabad: 1 killed and 40 injured
Piranshahr: 23 injured
Bokan: 17 injured
Kermashan: 11 injured
Qorveh: 15 injured
Sanandej: 39 injured
Ivangharb: 11 injured
Abdanan: 6 injured
Sardasht: 16 injured
In total: 8 killed and 281 injured
Statistics for the last Five days in general:
According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization's Statistics and Documents Center, Fivteen Kurdish protestors have died as a result of direct fire from government forces in the last Five days, with 733 people injured. Many injured people have not visited medical centers for fear of being arrested by security forces, but their videos and photos have been provided to Hengaw, and some of them have been published on the organization's social media.
Statistics on people killed and injured by cities in the last four days in Kurdistan:
Diwandara: 2 killed and 33 injured
Saqez: 1 killed amd 74 injured
Baneh: 40 injured
Mahabad: 23 injured
Bokan: 34 injured
Sanandej: 105 injured
Mariwan: 9 injured
Dehgolan: 1 killed amd 16 injured
Bijar: 9 killed
Qorveh: 32 injured
Kamyaran: 11 injured
Tekab: 7 injured
Maku: 6 injured
Urmia: 4 killed and 55 injured
Piranshahr: 1 killed and 71 injured
Kirmashan: 1 killed and 37 injured
Ilam: 1 killed and 27 injured
Naghadeh: 15 injured
Shno: 3 killed and 43 injured
West Islamabad: 1 killed and 40 injured
Ivangharb: 11 injured
Abdanan: 6 injured
Sardasht: 16 injured
In total: 15 killed and 733 injured
Over 600 Kurdish protesters have been arrested in the last five days:
According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization's Statistics and Documents Center, over the last five days, more than 600 Kurdish citizens have been arrested by security agencies, and the identities of more than100 of them have been verified for Hengaw and will be published in a separate report.
Hangaw maintains that more people have been injured, detained, and even slain in Kurdistan's cities.
