Four Kurdish Political Prisoners have not seen their Families for 17 Years
12:18 - 12 December 2013
Kurdistan Press Agency: Iranian authorities have not allowed four Kurdish Political Prisoners to see their families during their 17 years of imprisonment in Yazd Prison.
Four Kurdish Political Prisoners, Omer Imami, Ali Salehi, Mohammed Moradi and WaliDroodi,were sentenced to long-term prison sentences for being members of a Kurdish opposition party and have not been allowed receive visits from their family members for the past 17 years.
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WeliDrudi was sentenced to a 3-year prison sentence on charges of being a member of Kurdish political party, he was released for a couple of months and then without any charges imprisoned again and sentenced to life in prison without a trail. He has now spent 17 years in prison.
Jahangir Hatami, one of the co-prisoners of these four political prisoners told Kurdistan Press Agency that Ali Salehi and Mohammad Moradi,who werealso arrested in 1996 in the village of Passeoutside the city of Kamiaran,are in the same situation as Imami and Drudi.
The four men were transferred to the central prison ofYazd fromDizl Abad Prisonof Kermanshah in 1998.
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Also, Ali Salehihas been tortured so bad that he has lost his teeth and he can only eat certain foods, Hatemi said. WeliDrudi was also shot by Revolutionary Guards when he was arrested and is in a bad health condition according to Hatami.
Omer Imami and WeliDrudiwere sentenced to life in prison by a Revolutionary Court on charges ofbeing members of aKurdish opposition party. Ali Salehi and Mohammad Moradi were sentenced to 20 years in prison on the same charges.
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Four Kurdish Political Prisoners, Omer Imami, Ali Salehi, Mohammed Moradi and WaliDroodi,were sentenced to long-term prison sentences for being members of a Kurdish opposition party and have not been allowed receive visits from their family members for the past 17 years.
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Omer Imami, who is 36 years old, from the village of KlashHoshoutside Paveh was arrested in 1996, and was sentenced to life in prison. Hehas spent the past 17 years in Yazd Prison without seeing his family members. WeliDrudi was sentenced to a 3-year prison sentence on charges of being a member of Kurdish political party, he was released for a couple of months and then without any charges imprisoned again and sentenced to life in prison without a trail. He has now spent 17 years in prison.
Jahangir Hatami, one of the co-prisoners of these four political prisoners told Kurdistan Press Agency that Ali Salehi and Mohammad Moradi,who werealso arrested in 1996 in the village of Passeoutside the city of Kamiaran,are in the same situation as Imami and Drudi.
The four men were transferred to the central prison ofYazd fromDizl Abad Prisonof Kermanshah in 1998.
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Hatamialso said that Omer Imami had been shot by Revolutionary Guards when he was arrested and that he has lost the function of one of his legs due to the injuries that he sustained and that Mohammad Moradi does not have any relatives in Iran, they have all left to Iraqi Kurdistan Region due to pressure from the Iranian authorities. Also, Ali Salehihas been tortured so bad that he has lost his teeth and he can only eat certain foods, Hatemi said. WeliDrudi was also shot by Revolutionary Guards when he was arrested and is in a bad health condition according to Hatami.
Omer Imami and WeliDrudiwere sentenced to life in prison by a Revolutionary Court on charges ofbeing members of aKurdish opposition party. Ali Salehi and Mohammad Moradi were sentenced to 20 years in prison on the same charges.
