Farhad Abdullahpour: My brother's death sentence was carried out in one of the Oshnavieh barracks

12:46 - 27 June 2020

 On Monday, May 11, the death sentence of Hedayat Abdullahpour, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, was carried out in Oshnovieh.

 Farhad Abdullahpour, Hedayat Abdullahpour's brother, confirmed the news to Kurdpa: "My brother's death sentence has been carried out in one of the Oshnovieh barracks."

 He added: "The Oshnovieh Civil Registration Office has issued a death certificate to Hedayat Abdullahpour, and the day of his execution has been announced as May 11th."

 According to Farhad Abdullahpour, the death sentence for Hedayat Abdullahpour was carried out in the presence of the families of those killed in the clashes in the village of Qarasqal.

 Hedayat Abdullahpour was transferred from Urmia Central Prison to an unknown location on Saturday, May 9th.

 Hedayat Abdullahpour, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death from Oshnavieh, was arrested on August 3, 2016 and 45 days after clashes between Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran and the Revolutionary Guards in the village of Qarah-e-Sqal in Oshnovieh was arrested and he was tortured for 74 days for making confessions under the force in Urmia Ettelaat Sepah detention center. 

 Hedayat Abdullahpour was transferred to Urmia Central Prison after the interrogation on  October 16, 2016.

 On March 2016, this Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death in the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia on charges of " rebellion and membership in one of the Kurdish opposition parties in the Iranian government."

 This verdict was violated in Branch 47 of the Supreme Court and his case was referred to the Second Branch of the Urmia Revolutionary Court for retrial.

 The retrial of this political prisoner sentenced to death was held on December 26, 2017 in the presence of a representative of the Urmia Prosecutor, and he was sentenced to death for the second time. The sentence was announced to him on Thursday, January 18, 2018.

 Hedayat Abdullahpour's case was referred to Branch 47 of the Supreme Court after the ruling of the Second Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia, and on Monday, October 8, 2018, the death sentence of this political prisoner was confirmed and his lawyer was notified.