Detentions and Crackdown in Iranian Kurdistan since the “12 days war”
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Similar to previous years, the share of Kurdish political imprisonment remains dramatically high in 2025 (from 1st January 2025 until 10th July).According to KMMK-G’s collected data, from January 1 until 10th July 2025, at least five hundreds and thirty-eight (538) Kurdish citizens were arrested.
Since the beginning of the 12 days war, over 300 Kurdish citizens have been detained, five executed, one died under torture in prison in Kermanshah, another killed in the street and two Kolbar were also killed by Iranian border official.
The Islamic Republic has multiplied checkpoints and intrusive controls at the entrances to Kurdish cities, accompanied by heavy deployments of military forces.
The Islamic Republic has put in place a state of emergency in Iranian Kurdistan four provinces without declaring it. The Islamic Republic is scared of popular uprising in Kurdistan which could lead to other parts of the country.
The intensification of mass arrests, summary trials, executions on espionage charges, check points and military deployments, continues in Iranian Kurdistan four majority populated Kurdish provinces. And the Kurdish citizens are often accused of fabricated charges of “propaganda against the system”, “actions against state security”, and “membership in opposition groups, “moharebeh” (waging war against God) and “baghi va qiam-i mosalahaneh ‘alayhe hokoumat-i Islami” (committing an armed uprising against the Islamic regime).
