Thousands of Kurdish and Iranian refugees and asylum seekers residing in Southern Kurdistan, many of whom fled political repression in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran and sought safety from imprisonment, torture, execution, and other forms of persecution, continue to face serious and persistent threats.

Over recent months, a growing number of Kurdish, Iranian, and international human rights organizations have raised serious concern regarding the continued increase in executions, particularly those involving political prisoners and detainees in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran.

The Islamic Republic has begun executing those who have been killed in the past three months in order to prevent the progress of the revolution of the freedom and rights-seeking people, as well as to intimidate the people of Kurdistan, Baluchistan, Arabs, Azeris and Persians They have been arrested on the pretext of participating in demonstrations.