Iran: Two Kurdish Women at Risk of Execution

By Human Rights Watch

(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today.On January 8, 2025, the Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, who is accused of membership in in the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) and “armed rebellion against the state” through arm efforts to advance the goals of groups opposing the state. Amir Raesian, Azizi’s lawyer, in an interview with Shargh Daily on January 8 said that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence without considering the numerous…

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