Kurdish Kolbar Killed by Direct Fire from Iranian Forces
According to reports received by Avatoday, on Thursday, September 25, Qasem Azizi, a 47-year-old Kurdish Kolbar and father of two, was killed by direct fire from Iran’s border guards.
Assassination Attempt on Shahab Darabi by Iranian Security Forces
According to published reports and statements from local sources, Shahab Darabi, a Kurdish blogger and labor activist from Eslamabad-e Gharb in Kermanshah province, who had previously been sentenced to three years and one day in prison, was targeted in an assassination attempt b
Arrest of 24 Kurdish Students Over the Past Nine Months in Iran
As the new academic year begins in Iran, Kurdish human rights activists have released a report documenting the arrest of schoolchildren and minors under the age of 18 since the start of 2025.
Bijan Kazemi Begins Hunger Strike in Qom Intelligence Detention Center
Shehnaz Khosravi, the mother of political prisoner Bijan Kazemi — who is being held in the Ministry of Intelligence detention center in Qom — announced on her Instagram on Monday, 22 September Shahrivar, that her son has been on a hunger strike since Thursday in protest against
Commemoration of Jina Amini Held in Frankfurt, Germany
On Saturday, September 20, 2025 (29 Shahrivar 1404), the Women, Life, Freedom Association in Frankfurt, Germany, held a ceremony marking the anniversary of the state-sanctioned killing of Jina Amini and the beginning of the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
Arrest of Timour Khaledian, a Kurdish Human Rights Activist
According to reports received by Avatoday, at noon on Sunday, September 21, Timour Khaledian, a civil and human rights activist, was arrested and transferred to Qorveh prison on charges of “propaganda activities against the regime” after filing a complaint against a judge in Ser
Discovery of Incendiary Materials After Forest Fires in Kurdistan
Following the recent large-scale wildfires in the Suren mountains of Marivan, in Sanandaj province of Iranian Kurdistan, environmental activists discovered barrels filled with incendiary substances that were extensively packed with explosives and interconnected wires.
Widespread Food Poisoning of Prisoners in Sheiban Prison, Ahvaz, Caused by Rotten Food
According to reports by the Karun Human Rights Organization, more than half of the inmates in Ahvaz Central Prison have suffered from diarrhea and vomiting due to food poisoning.
Four Kurdish Women’s Rights Activists Summoned by IRGC Intelligence in Sanandaj
On the third anniversary of the state killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, four Kurdish women’s rights activists in Sanandaj were summoned to the intelligence headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian Kurdistan.
Iran has executed around three thousand people in the past three years
Iran Human Rights, in its latest report, announced that since 2022 (1401 in the Iranian calendar) the Islamic Republic has executed around three thousand prisoners across prisons in Iran.