The Kurdish Human Rights Situation Report in June 2020
This is KMMK’s monthly report, June 2020, on the human rights situation in eastern Kurdistan. This report summarizes key human rights issues on events during June 2020, including executions, detentions, torture and suicide. Data is collected from several sources of KMMK, including direct reports.
This report does not include every issue and event. The absence of an issue is due to resource limitations, restriction to access to the country, the availability of information, and silencing independent voices, civic and human rights groups by the Iranian government.
In June 2020 Iranian government continued its disregard for basic human rights by discrimination, illegal detention of Kurdish citizens, torture and closing off any possibility of organized political activities that are not fully aligned with its propaganda.
Execution:
In June 2020, at least two people were executed in Iranian prisons.
Three prisoners were executed in June. One of the executed people, Hedayat Abdollahpour, was sentenced to death for political reasons and for membership in Kurdish parties and shot by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
| First name | Family name | Age | City | Accusation | Dare of excecuation |
| Hedayat | Abdollahpour | Shno(Oshnawye) | political reasons | 26.06.2020 | |
| Rahim | Yousefi | 40 | Piranshahr | Qisas | 10.06.2020 |
| Mohammad Aziz | Mahmoudi | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | Murder | 30.06.2020 |
Environment:
Three environmental activists from East Kurdistan were killed to stem a forest fire in the city of Paveh.
Mokhtar Khandan, Bilal Amini and Yasin Karimi are environmental activists who have lost their lives. They are likely to be killed by Iranian government security forces.
Imprisonment and illegal detention:
In June 2020, at least nineteen Kurdish civilians were detained by Iranian security forces. Most of the detainees were arrested without any clear accusation and without court order. It has been reported that the detainees have been beaten and tortured by the security and intelligence forces.
| First name | Family name | Age | Place of detention | Date | Accusation |
| Shahram | Mustafapour | Unknown | Urmia | 01.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Omar | Khakzad | Unknown | Piranshahr | 02.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Babak | Dabirian | Unknown | Kermanshah | 08.06.2020 | civic activist |
| Soheib | Saedi | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | 08.06.2020 | environmental activist |
| Kheirat | Parvaz | Unknown | Marivan | 12.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Seyyed Ahmad | Saberi | Unknown | Piranshahr | 22.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Ebrahim | Shuryani | Unknown | Baneh | 22.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Ali | Azizian | Unknown | Parviz-Khan border point | 22.06.2020 | merchant |
| Payam | Azizian | Unknown | Parviz-Khan border point | 22.06.2020 | merchant |
| Morteza | Amiri | Unknown | Parviz-Khan border point | 22.06.2020 | merchant |
| Mostafa | Amiri | Unknown | Parviz-Khan border point | 22.06.2020 | merchant |
| Arsalan | Natoush | Unknown | Urmia border | 26.06.2020 | Koulbar |
| Reza | Soufivand | Unknown | Doroud | 27.06.2020 | Unknown |
| Afshin | Sheykhoeslami | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | 27.06.2020 | civic activist |
| Faranak | Jamshidi | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | 28.06.2020 | civic activist |
| Khales | Pourmohammadi | Unknown | Makou | 29.06.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
| Mohammad | Unknown | Unknown | Makou | 29.06.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
| Samad | Unknown | Unknown | Makou | 29.06.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
| Ardashir | Boroukmilan | Unknown | Makou | 29.06.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Kolbar:
Kolbar (Kurdish: کۆڵبەر) is a worker who is employed to carry goods on his/her back across the borders. Most Kolbars live in eastern Kurdistan and they come from the poorest regions in the area. Kolbars are mostly considered illegal and have no insurance, retirement plans and unions.
In this month several Kolbars have been shot directly by Iranian border forces and Turkish border forces, and as a result seven Kolbers died and twenty three badly wounded.
Died Kolbars:
| First name | Family name | Age | Place of incident | Cause of death | Date |
| Omar | Maslahati | Unknown | Noukan – Sardasht | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 06.06.2020 |
| Arham | Guru | Unknown | Salmas | Direct shooting by Turkish border forces | 16.06.2020 |
| Qasem | Sarbazi | Unkown | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 25.06.2020 |
| Sajad | Delai Milan | 20 | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 26.06.2020 |
| Shakir | Bruki Milan | Unknown | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 26.06.2020 |
| Salim | Soleimannejad | Unkown | Urmia | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 28.06.2020 |
Wounded Kolbar:
| First name | Family name | Age | Place of incident | Cause of injury | Date |
| Ali | Moarefi | Unknown | Baneh | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 04.06.2020 |
| Abdulrahman | Shaefi | Unknown | Nukan – Saedasht | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 06.06.2020 |
| Hemin | Mozafari | Unknown | Hani Germele | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 06.06.2020 |
| Mohammad | Rostami | Unknown | Saqqez borders | Beaten by Iranian border forces | 06.06.2020 |
| Hawbir | Ebrahimi | Unknown | Dinaran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 07.06.2020 |
| Arsalan | Abdulahi | Unknown | Dinaran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 07.06.2020 |
| Osman | Salehi | Unknown | Dinaran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 07.06.2020 |
| Ebrahim | Rasuli | Unknown | Dinaran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 07.06.2020 |
| Qabil | Majanirad | Unknown | Urmia | Lost one leg by landmine explosion | 16.06.2020 |
| Said | Guru | Unknown | Salmas border | Direct shooting by Turkish border forces | 16.06.2020 |
| Rasul | Hasanzadeh | Unknown | Doletu border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 16.06.2020 |
| Hadi | Rasti | Unknown | Baneh border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 16.06.2020 |
| Ayoub | Rostami | 27 | Shushmi border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 21.06.2020 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 22.06.2020 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 22.06.2020 |
| Yasin | Aalai | Unknown | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 25.06.2020 |
| Reza | Delai Milan | Unknown | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 25.06.2020 |
| Arsalan | Natoush | Unknown | Urmia borders | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 26.06.2020 |
| Daoud | Majidian | Unknown | Urmia | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 28.06.2020 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Urmia | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 28.06.2020 |
| Aref | Khodadi | 48 | Nowsud | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 29.06.2020 |
| Jamil | Abdi | 29 | Nowsud | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 29.06.2020 |
| Toufiq | Rostad | Unknown | Nowsud | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 29.06.2020 |
Suicide and
self-immolation:
In June 2020 at least four women (one of them only 16 years old) committed
suicide and self-immolation.
| First name | Family name | Age | Place | Reason | Date |
| Negin | Karami | 16 | Saqqez | Family problems | 10.06.2020 |
| Rojin | Fallahi | 22 | Marivan | Family problems | 13.06.2020 |
| Shiva | Ebrahimi | Unknown | Mahabad | Family problems | 22.06.2020 |
| Shiler | Barzanji | 28 | Urmia | Family pressure for marriage | 21.06.2020 |
Wounded and killed by landmine explosion:
In June 2020 at least one individual was badly wounded and one individual died by landmine explosions.
| First name | Family name | Age | Place | Damage | Date |
| Sattar | Asghari | Unknown | Piranshahr | Leg injuries – he is part of Iranian armed forces and injured during work | 12.06.2020 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Baneh | Lost a leg | 12.06.2020 |
| First name | Last name | Age | Location | Date |
| Darwish | Mineh | 49 | Alut – Baneh | 16.06.2020 |
Murder – honor killing
In June 2020, one woman died as a result of so-called honor killing.
| First name | Family name | Age | Location | Date | Way of killing |
| Somayeh | Fathi | 18 | Kermanshah | 20.06.2020 | Forced her to take rice pills (suicide pills) |
KMMK encourages Kurdish people in eastern Kurdistan to practice their basic human rights and to report to international institutions and to the world, the discriminations and violations of human rights by Iranian regime.
