Several Kurdish political prisoners detained in Iranian prisons are facing alarming conditions. Many of these individuals, arrested during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, are enduring unjust and inhumane punishments under dire circumstances.
Reports indicate that these political prisoners are deprived of their most basic rights, including access to a lawyer of their choice. They are subjected to physical and psychological torture and unfair trials.
Six Kurdish political prisoners—Pakhshan Azizi, Varisha Moradi, Hatem Ozdemir, Yousef Ahmadi, Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, and Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydranlou are at imminent risk of execution. They have been sentenced to death on charges such as “treason” and “war against the state.”
The cases of four of these prisoners have been referred to the Supreme Court for review, awaiting further proceedings.
Meanwhile, five other Iranian Kurdish citizens Shahin Vasaf, Azad Shojaei, Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, Idris Ali, and Naser Bakarzadeh have also been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in Urmia and are currently held in Urmia Central Prison.
Additionally, at least eight more Kurdish activists and citizens, most of whom were arrested during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, are incarcerated in the central prisons of Urmia and Bukan.
Families of these prisoners and human rights organizations have raised serious concerns over their conditions, urgently calling for the abolition of the death penalty and immediate action to address the critical situation of these detainees.