- The Iranian regime continued its campaign against Kurdish political activity that has led to the arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of Kurds in 2020. In Kermanshah Province’s Qorveh town, a 26-year-old Kurdish activist named Arsalan Hedaiati began serving a four-month sentence he received for “propaganda against the state.” Meanwhile, Iranian authorities arrested a Kurdish man named Aziz Haiderpour in Urmia on Sunday. The Kurdistan Human Rights Association (KMMK) claimed Haiderpour was transferred to an Iranian intelligence (Ettela’at) prison. Ettela’at officers also detained four Kurdish women named Nargis Mohammadi, Ilham Muradi, Bahar Ahmadi, and Nagin Wassi in a village near Paveh on Wednesday. Concurrently, Ettela’at personnel investigated Amir Payada, the head of a Kurdish language center in Bokan, for the fifth time in a year due to Payada’s continuing social activism. Additionally, Iranian authorities arrested a Kurdish man named Nasrullah Nazhad in Sarvabad (Salawa). Finally, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel opened fire on three Kurdish shepherds near Oshnavieh (Shinno) on Friday, killing 26-year-old Hassan Khandanpour and wounding two others who were transferred to a hospital in Nagadeh.
- Iranian security forces arrested two Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) and killed two of their horses near Baneh. Iranian authorities also arrested a Kolbar named Rahim Ahmadi near Marivan. Simultaneously, Iranian border guards wounded a Kolbar near Chaldaron and another in Baneh Heights. Lastly, Turkish authorities requested approximately $1650 from the family of a Kolbar they killed 10 days ago in exchange for his corpse.