The death penalty sentence of four Kurdish political prisoners got confirmed

00:54 - 3 November 2013
Kurdpa Agency: Sentence to death of four Kurdish political prisoners in the central prison of Urmia got confirmed by Supreme Court of Iran.

According to Kurdpa Press Agency report, in recent days, The death sentences of four Kurdish political prisoner with the names ‘’ Sirwan Nzhawi, Ibrahim Issapoor, mansoor Arwand, and Saman Nasim’’ got confirmed by the high office of Iran.

‘’Ibeahim and Sirwan’’ from ‘’Nalas’’ Village in Sardasht at 14th Pooshpar of 1390 got kidnapped by the informative forces and were transferred to information office.

These two political prisoner after being in that office for almost two months got transferred to Mahabad prison in June 24, 2012. Then they were sentenced to death penalty by the Inqillab Court of Mahabd because of their membership in a Kurdish party.

These two prisoners got transferred to the central Prison of Urmia in March 21, 2012.

On the other hand, ‘’ Mansoor Arwand’’ from Mahabad, got sentenced to death by the Inqillab Court of Mahabad August 2012, and few days ago, this sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Iran. The risk of fulfilling this sentence is very high and possible.

The court of Mahabad declared the crime of this prisoner fighting with the help of one of the opposition parties of Iranian government, and he has been taken in the central prison of Urmia so far.

Meanwhile, ‘’Saman Nasim’’ from Mariwan was kidnapped in June 22, 2011. Moreover, the Inqillab court of Mahabad in June of that year sentenced him to death penalty and was transferred to the central prison of Urmia.

According to an aware source, these four prisoners with two more Kurdish prisoners whose names were ’’ Lazgin Xany, and Kamil Booty’’ have been transferred to solitary jails in the prison and the risk of their hanging process is highly possible.

It is said that the families of these 6 prisoners have met with their boys for the last time, and the possibility of their sentence to be fulfilled is higher now.

On the contrary to the people’s expectations to ‘’ Hassan Rohani’’ regarding releasing the Kurdish political prisoners; few days ago, a new wave of hanging Kurdish political prisoner has started in Iran. On Saturday of this week, 20 Kurdish and Baluch political Prisoners have been hanged in the prisons of Zahidan, Urmia and Salmas.

On the other hand and according to those published reports, Friday Imam of Mariwan has strengthened his attempts few days ago to hang two political prisoners’’ zanyar and Luqman Moradi’’, and at the same time Amnesty International has expressed its concern.

So far, 24 Kurdish political prisoners have been sentenced to death penalty in the prisons of Iranian Islamic Government, and the sentence of most of them has been confirmed by the high office of Iran.