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Shahin Dej— Prison sentences enforced against three Kurdish men for celebrating Newroz

Hengaw – Monday, September 15, 2025 Three Kurdish men from Shahin Dej (Sayin Qala) — Osman Abbasi, Heyman Alizadeh, and Shahram Soltani — were arrested and transferred to Mia...

15 September 2025 18:24


Iranian authorities punish 58 Kurds with prison terms for wearing Kurdish dress

Hengaw – Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Iranian authorities have sentenced 58 Kurdish people from the cities of Mahabad, Bukan, Piranshahr, and Oshnavieh (Shno) to three months in prison e...

03 September 2025 11:27


Ongoing security crackdown in Kurdistan: Five, including two former political prisoners, arrested

Hengaw— Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Five Kurdish men — Amir (Hajar) Abdollapour, Awat Alipour, Anwar Ebrahimzadeh, Smko Maroufi, and Esmail Saniar (both former political prisoners from...

02 July 2025 23:02


Sanandaj: Kurdish environmental activist Jalal Khodamoradi arrested by IRGC Intelligence Forces

Hengaw– Friday, June 27, 2025 Jalal Khodamoradi, a civil and environmental activist from Sanandaj (Sine), has been arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary ...

27 June 2025 18:02


Security forces arrest three Kurdish family members in Urmia

Hengaw – Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Rana Khoran and Rozhan Khoran, two Kurdish sisters from Urmia, along with their uncle, Jalal Farrokhi, have been arrested by security forces of the Islam...

28 May 2025 12:59


Kurdish women’s rights and cultural activist Mahsa Zarei arrested in Kermanshah

Hengaw - Sunday, May 25, 2025 Mahsa Zarei, a prominent Kurdish civil and cultural activist, also active in the field of women’s rights in Kermanshah (Kermashan), has been arrested by Ira...

25 May 2025 17:44


Maku: Kurdish singer Hassan Ahmadi arrested by security forces

Hengaw: Sunday, April 27, 2025 Hassan Ahmadi, a Kurdish singer from the city of Maku known by his artistic name “Hassan Renas,” has been arrested by security forces of the Islamic ...

27 April 2025 21:43


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: 17-year-old student Ehsan Hamzehzadeh arrested in Bukan

Hengaw: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Ehsan Hamzehzadeh, a 17-year-old Kurdish high school student from Bukan, has been arrested by Iranian security forces for participating in Newroz celebrations i...

22 April 2025 21:32


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Three Kurdish men arrested by security forces in Sanandaj

Hengaw: Friday, April 4, 2025 Three Kurds from Sanandaj, identified as Mohammad Saeedi, Mostafa Kakaei, and Sure-Bumeh (uncertain first name), have been arrested by the security forces of the ...

04 April 2025 12:25


Fatwa Against Newroz: the Friday Imam of Mariwan threatens Kurds with repression and violence

Hengaw: Friday, April 4, 2025 Mustafa Sherzadi, the Friday Imam appointed by Ali Khamenei in Mariwan, has issued threats of extrajudicial and violent action (fatwa) against Kurds, particularly...

04 April 2025 11:34


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Farzad Abdi arrested by security forces in Pahleh, Ilam

Hengaw: Thursday, April 3, 2025 Farzad Abdi, a Kurdish man from Pahleh, the central district of Zarrinabad, located in Dehloran County, Ilam Province, was arrested by security forces of the Is...

03 April 2025 21:47


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Dozens summoned and threatened by Intelligence in Darreh Shahr

Hengaw: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Dozens of residents from Darreh Shahr, a town in Ilam Province, were summoned and threatened by Iran’s Intelligence Department for participating in the r...

02 April 2025 22:14


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Mohammad Ali Azari forcibly arrested by Intelligence Department in Urmia

Hengaw: Friday, March 28, 2025 Mohammad Ali Azari, a Kurdish man from Urmia, was forcibly arrested by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Agency for his role in organiz...

28 March 2025 23:39


Urmia: 12 Kurdish children summoned and threatened by IRGC Intelligence Forces

Hengaw: Friday, March 28, 2025 12 Kurdish children from Urmia—identified as Matin Jafari, Pejman Jafari, Sina Khaliani, Yousef Qalandari, Yousef Alirezaei, Milad Abdilzadeh, Matin Abdilz...

28 March 2025 19:21


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Omid Moloudian arrested by Security Forces in Bukan

Hengaw: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Omid Moloudian, a Kurdish man from Bukan, has been arrested by Intelligence forces in connection with Newroz festivities in Kurdistan and transferred to an un...

26 March 2025 22:56


Newroz festivities in Kurdistan: Kurdish civil activists Shno Mohammadi and Ariwan Shakeri arrested in Sanandaj

Hengaw: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Shno Mohammadi and Sahab (Ariwan) Shakeri, a Kurdish couple and civil activists from Sanandaj (Sine), have been arrested by security forces of Islamic Republic ...

25 March 2025 09:19


Newroz celebrations in Kurdistan: Mahmoud Naderi re-arrested in Sanandaj

Hengaw: Monday, March 24, 2025 Mahmoud Naderi, a Kurdish man from the Kalatrazan District of Sanandaj (Sine), has been re-arrested by IRGC Intelligence forces just two weeks after his temporar...

24 March 2025 22:24


Newroz Celebrations in Kurdistan: Three arrested by security forces in Sanandaj

Hengaw: Monday, March 24, 2025 Three Kurds from the village of Avihang in the Kalatarzan district of Sanandaj, identified as Shirvan Heydari, Edris Heydari, and Sirvan Hatami, have been arrest...

24 March 2025 19:17


Newroz celebrations in Kurdistan: Religious activist Shekh Zahid Shahabi forcibly arrested by Intelligence department in Saqqez

Hengaw: Monday, March 24, 2025 Shekh Zahid Shahabi, a Kurdish religious activist from Saqqez, was forcibly arrested by intelligence forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. He was am...

24 March 2025 17:20


Security crackdown on Newroz in Kurdistan: Dozens of Kurds, including children, arrested

Hengaw: Monday, March 24, 2025 As Newroz celebrations took place in various cities across Kurdistan, security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have carried out widespread summons, interrog...

24 March 2025 09:53