Report on Human Rights Violations Against Youth in East Kurdistan – November 2025

Prepared by: Human Rights Committee of the Democratic Youth Union of East Kurdistan

Committee Head: Shiva Hassanpoor. Translated by: Karzan Hasanpoor

Arrests

From the beginning of November until now, at least 35 Kurdish youths aged 14 to 35 from various cities and regions of East Kurdistan have been arrested on charges such as religious and political belief differences, other unclear accusations, or without stated reasons. The fate of many remains unknown, though some identities have been confirmed

According to data recorded at the Statistical Center of the Youth Union’s Human Rights Committee, the following individuals were arrested by Iranian regime forces

1 person from Bukan, 3 from Saqqez, 5 from Sanandaj, 1 from Oshnavieh, 4 from Piranshahr, 4 from Mahabad, 2 from Kamyaran, 1 from Kermanshah, 1 woman artist from Khorasan, 1 from Baneh, 3 from Divandarreh, 2 from Urmia, and 4 from Sulduz (Naqadeh)

The confirmed arrested individuals include

Soran Yousifi from Bukan

Mohammad Ali Vaissi (30 years old, environmentalist) and Sirwan Khodakarami from Saqqez

Herish Zandi Nageran, Behnam Nouri, Farshid Mansouri, Fouad Moradi, and Idris Minbari (Kurdish language teacher) from Sanandaj

Sadeq Mahmoudnejad (35 years old), Shwaneh Khazrnejad, Ahad Khazrnejad, and Omed Khazrnejad from Piranshahr

Khalid Elami, Saeed Fathinejad, Hemen Awar, and Peshawa Armon from Mahabad

Hamid Farhadi from Kermanshah

Ramin Mohammadi (32 years old) and Mohammad Dashti from Kamyaran

Bilal Ahmadi Azar from Oshnavieh

Rafat Saeedi and Zana Hosseini, religious teachers from Juwanro (Javanrud)

Asmar Hamidi, artist from Khorasan

Hemen Khorshidi from Baneh

Farzad Galeban and Farshad Souri from Urmia

Yaser Adwayi, Loqman Salehzadeh, Ali Hosseini, and Salman Adwayi from Sulduz

Azad Sobhani, Zanyar Moradi, and Kawa Abdi (35 years old) from Divandarreh

Executions

Based on the committee’s statistics, in the past month at least 26 Kurdish citizens imprisoned by the Iranian regime were executed on charges such as membership in Kurdish parties, religious belief differences, drug-related accusations, and other unclear charges

Three of the executed individuals were under 35 years old. Of these, more than 9 were from Kermanshah province, over 6 from Urmia province, 2 from Sanandaj, and the rest from other cities and districts in East Kurdistan whose full identities were not revealed

The identified executed individuals include

Vahid Arman (34 years old), Ali Astan (25 years old), and Peyman Azizi (21 years old), all residents of Kermanshah province, executed in regime prisons during November

Killing and Injury of Border Couriers (Kolbars) by Mines and Direct Shooting

According to the Statistical Center of the Youth Union’s Human Rights Committee, in November

2 Kolbars were seriously injured by direct gunfire from Iranian armed forces, and 1 Kolbar lost a limb due to a mine explosion

Identified victims: Sherzad Hosseini from Mariwan and Asad (full name unknown) from Nosha were severely wounded by Iranian forces; Ibrahim Abdollahi from Javanrud lost a leg due to a landmine explosion

By law, border guards must issue a warning shot before firing directly, but Iranian forces routinely shoot to kill without warning, targeting the heads and chests of Kolbars

On November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Throughout the history of its rule, the Iranian regime has systematically oppressed Kurdish women under pretexts such as strict hijab enforcement, political and religious issues, social norms, civil activism, and even Kurdish language teaching

Example cases include

· Jina (Mahsa) Amini, killed in Tehran for alleged hijab violations

· Wareesha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi, two Kurdish resistance women imprisoned and sentenced to death

· Zara Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher previously detained

Beyond these cases, Kurdish women are deprived of many basic and political rights. While November 25 is only one day dedicated to resisting violence against women, in Iran oppression, executions, and deprivation of fundamental rights occur daily

Note: In preparing this report, information from all Kurdish human rights organizations and field data obtained by the Youth Union were used