Another procedure of government murder/ the death of Hajar Saeedzadeh after his temporary release

10:44 - 12 January 2023

In the last three months of the revolutionary protests of the people of Kurdistan and Iran following the murder of Jina Amini by the government, the information of several cases of the deaths of detainees after their temporary release was received by Kurdpa, in the last case, a person named "Abu Bakr (Hajhar) Saeedzadeh", 18 days after temporary release from the detention center of Urmia Intelligence Department, has died. 

 According to a source informed by Kurdpa, Abu Bakr (Hajjar) Saeedzadeh died on December 30, 2022. The family takes his body to the medical examiner to determine the cause of their son's death, but the medical certificate is given to the family a few days after the burial, in which the cause of death is written as "unknown".

 According to the information provided by this informed source to Kurdpa, Hajar Saeedzadeh was severely tortured and bruised on his back, stomach, and thighs, and he was completely depressed, withdrawn, and rarely spoke after his release. In such a way that after his temporary release, he locked himself at home for two weeks and even moved his wife and child to another place. Also, the interrogators make him sign the papers during the interrogation by beating him and blindfolded. This knowledgeable source mentions that Mr. Saeedzadeh was given cake, milk and tea before his release in Urmia Intelligence Detention Center.

 This knowledgeable source says that after the death of Hajar Saeedzadeh, the family has come under severe pressure from the security agencies to refrain from informing about the death of their child.  Also, the security forces, who were trying to prevent his funeral and mourning ceremony and could not do anything due to the presence of a large crowd, the security forces were controlling the ceremony from a distance.  In addition, the family had to hold the third and seventh ceremonies secretly.

 An informed source of Kurdpa says that the pressure of the security institutions on this family continues and this institution has summoned Hajar Saeedzadeh's father and several other family members to the Intelligence Department.

 According to this well-informed source, the family believes that their child suffered a cardiac arrest as a result of torture and severe mental pressure.

 Abu Bakr (Hajjar) Saeedzadeh, dated November 19, 2022 at 10:00 p.m., at the same time as the public protests of Mahabad in this city, was arrested by the intelligence forces in an area called "Kani Sufi Rishi" and taken to an unknown place.

 After 22 days of detention, he was released from Urmia Intelligence Detention Center after taking a written commitment and threatening Mr. Saeedzadeh's father to pay a fine of 1 billion tomans if he repeats any kind of act.  During his detention, he was denied the right to visit and contact his family.

 Abu Bakr (Hajar) Saeedzadeh, son of Khayal and Hassan, was born on 21.09.1990 and he was a laborer from Mahabad.

 He was married and has a 9-year-old daughter named "Helia".

 written by: Awin Mostafazadeh