Kurdish activist sentenced to six months in prison in Sanandaj

Kurdish activist sentenced to six months in prison in Sanandaj

Kurdish labour rights activist Amjad Geryakhiz has been sentenced to six months in prison and handed a two-year suspended sentence by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that the court convicted Geryakhiz on charges including “propaganda against the state”, and formally notified him of the verdict on 7 June. Geryakhiz, from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 22 January 2025 b…

Continued Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

Continued Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran: Two Social Security Retirees Sentenced to Two Years in Prison In a continuation of the troubling pattern of security and judicial pressure on labor activists in Iran, two retirees from the Social Security Organization, Morad Zohrabi and Mohammadzaman Kamarava, have been sentenced to two years of imprisonment by Branch 2 of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court. This verdict was issued on June7, 2025, and a…