Iran Document: The Repression, Abuse, and Execution of Iranian Kurds
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 8:20
The five Iranians executed in May 2010Soon it will be two years since the executions of
four Kurdish activists shocked the international community. One of
those executed was the teacher Farzad Kamangar, whose plight had been
the focus of an international campaign. Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, and Shirin Alamhouli were also hung, as was political prisoner Mehdi Eslamian.
This month the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) details the repression of the Kurdish-Iranian community and the targeting of Kurdish-Iranian activists in a 70-page report, “On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Kurdish Activists in Iran Today". The document reveals reveals a disturbing and shocking pattern of repression and violence by the Islamic Republic of Iran against its Kurdish community.