Round up of News in East Kurdistan- Oct. 7

 Iranian Kurdistan News in brief


October 7, 2014

Mariwan - Mehabad - Sanandaj (Sne) - Baneh - Saqiz - Paweh- Kermanshan - Urmiyê (Orumiye), Nowsud, Sardasht, Bokan, Paweh, west Azerbaijan, [Eastern Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan]

A Kurdish civilian was killed by IRGC forces

Iran's IRGC forces opened fire on a number of Kurdish Carrier man (Kolrbar) and killed Pedram Mohammadi, 19, at the scene. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Monday, 29th September, Revolutionary Guard’s “Border Guard troops” at the border checkpoint, called Jaleh, in Bayngan region of “Markheyl” opened fire towards a group of Carriers men, Kolbaran. A 19-year-old young man, Pedarm Mohammadi son of Anoshirvan, from Serias village in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat) was killed instantly and four others who were with him were detained. A local source identified those four people as following: Reykot Mohammadi, Arash Hosseini, Shirzad Hosseini and Horman Hosseini. Kolbaran (carriers) are a group of edgy workers who have to earn their living expenses by carrying goods. They mostly work in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan and Kermanshah. They are perforce to carry these items and sell them for a meager wages. They transport these foreign goods outside of the official customs. hra-news.org | Ekurd.net

Security forces threatened a Kurdish family in Dehgolan

The intelligence service has investigated the house of Mohammad Hossain Panahi and threatened the people inside the house. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), intelligence forces with cooperation of Basij headquarter of Gharv-Chay village, the suburbe area of Dehgholan, rushed in Mohammad Hossain Panahi’s house and investigated the house for long time and threatened the family. Mohammad Hossain Panahi is the father of Anvar Hossain Panahi who is a civil right activist of Kurdistan and was arrested by security forces in Autumn 2007 and in Spring was sentenced to death by revolutionary court of Sne (Sanandaj) in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat) . This sentence was reduced to six years in prison after international human rights organizations protested at it. He is now released from prison, but is banned from going back to Kurdistan and lives in exile in Tehran. hra-news.org | Ekurd.net






"40 Percent of Political Prisoners in Iran are Kurds"

http://m.basnews.com/en/News/Details/40-Percent-of-Political-Prisoners-in-Iran-are-Kurds-/34021

BasNews, New York

The Secretary-General of the United Nations said that the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani’s consideration of human rights in Iran remains symbolic, with serious efforts for improvement yet to be seen.

In his annual report about human rights in Iran, Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, expressed concern that execution rates in Iran have risen.

’President Rouhani has pledged to decrease restrictions on freedom of expression and to ensure security for the press,’ the report said.

’Unfortunately, those promises have not yet led to significant improvements, and restrictions on freedom of expression continue to affect many areas of life,’ added the UN report.

Ban Ki-moon added that journalists still have obstacles ahead of them and different ethnic and religious minorities continue to face persecution.

Meanwhile, human rights activists in Iran claim that 40% of political prisoners in Iran are Kurds. Among this contingent, 15 face execution.

They also announced that in the past two months, 140 people in Kurdish cities have been arrested, 111 of which were by security forces.

According to media reports, there were between 624 and 727 executions in Iran last year. Estimates for 2012 executions range from 314 to 580.



Release from the PDKI:
Four Kurdish political prisoners in Ourmye prison stage a hunger strike in solidarity with Kobani. The names of the political prisoners on hunger strike are Mohammed Abdullahi, Keiwan Dawodi, Mansor Arwand and Molod Yezdanpenah