from thefreeonline on 7th May 2024 by Hengaw, and .
Iran’s Islamic judiciary has sentenced a Kurdish language teacher and civil activist to 11 years in prison, a human rights monitor reported Sunday.
The trial of Soma Pourmohammadi on the charge of «forming anti-security groups» began on Wednesday in a Sanandaj branch of the revolutionary court.
Three days later, on April 20, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison to be served in a prison in Kermanshah, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
She was also given a one-year suspended prison sentence by a criminal court in Sanandaj for «disturbing national security». Pourmohammadi is a Kurdish language teacher and member of the Nojin Cultural Association, an organization that offers courses in Kurdish language and literature.
She was arrested in January 2022 while investigating her husband’s arrest in a court in Sanandaj and was released on bail after 27 days.
The co-founder of the Nojin Cultural Association, Zara Mohammadi, was arrested in 2019.
She was teaching Kurdish to hundreds of children in and around Sanandaj. Mohammadi was charged with «establishing a committee and group against the stability and security of the system» and was sentenced to five years in prison in February 2021.
She began serving her first sentence in January 2022 and she was released in February 2023 for unknown reasons.
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Iranian Court Sentences Political Prisoner Mahmoud Mehrabi to Death
Hengaw:Monday, May 6, 2024
Mahmoud Mehrabi, a political detainee held at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, has been condemned to death by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Babak Farsani, one of Mehrabi’s defense attorneys, relayed this update on his verified account, noting that while the court refrained from officially posting the verdict on the Judiciary’s dedicated website, «Sana,» it was verbally communicated to Mehrabi’s legal team at the issuing branch.
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Execution of Death Sentence for Four Kurdish Political Prisoners
Hengaw: Monday, January 29, 2024 https://hengaw.net/en/news/archive/64151
The death sentences of four Kurdish political prisoners, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fatehi, have been carried out in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj.
Their case, marred by ambiguity, saw a lack of access to legal representation throughout their 18-month detention.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the early morning of Monday, January 29, 2024, the execution of the death sentences took place for Pejman Fatehi (28 years old, from Kamyaran), Mohsen Mazloum (27 years old, from Mahabad), Vafa Azarbar (26 years old, from Bukan), and Mohammad (Hajir) Faramarzi (28 years old, from Dehgolan) in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj.
The Mizan website, the official platform of the Iranian judiciary, has verified the executions of these four political prisoners.
After 18 months of detention, these four political prisoners had their initial and last meeting with their families at Evin prison on Sunday, January 28, 2024. Subsequently, they were transferred from Tehran’s Evin prison to Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar prison for the execution of the death sentence, amidst stringent security measures.
Hengaw Organization for Human Rights vehemently condemns the execution of these four Kurdish political prisoners, emphasizing that even by the standards of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the minimum requirements for a fair trial were not met in their case.
The proceedings of the case were shrouded in complete secrecy, as the death sentences were both issued and confirmed by the Supreme Court. Throughout the process, the prisoners were deprived of their fundamental rights to legal representation, visits, and even communication with their families.
Executions conducted without adherence to these essential principles not only display inhumanity but also stand in direct contradiction to international laws and human rights agreements to which Iran is a signatory.
These four political prisoners were condemned to death by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, led by Judge Iman Afshari, on September 18, 2023.
The charges included «corruption on earth» through cooperation and espionage for Israel. Recently, Branch 9 of the Supreme Court of Iran, headed by Judge Qasim Mazinani, silently confirmed the death sentences. Additionally, each of these individuals received 10 years of imprisonment for «forming a gang» and 5 years for being a member of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.
Members of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, these individuals were apprehended on July 23, 2023, in the village of «Yengajah» within the Sumay-ye Beradust district of Urmia by the security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In August 2023, government media released a report alleging that these four Kurdish political prisoners, affiliated with the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, were arrested under charges of being «armed while attempting to explode Isfahan’s industrial facilities.»
Responding to these claims, the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan issued an official statement categorically dismissing the assertions made by the Islamic Republic of Iran government as baseless. The party emphasized that such allegations were part of a fabricated scenario aimed at suppressing more people and protesters.
It is crucial to note that during their detention, these four political prisoners faced severe torture, leading them to confess against themselves on camera. Subsequently, these coerced confessions were publicized through the media channels of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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original of 1st article in Catalan..
Un tribunal iranià condemna una professora de llengua kurda a 11 anys
a dilluns, d’abril 22, 2024 https://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2024/04/un-tribunal-irania-condemna-un.html
El poder judicial islàmic iranià ha condemna una professora de llengua kurda i activista civil a 11 anys de presó, va informar diumenge un monitor de drets humans.
çEl judici de Soma Pourmohammadi per l’acusació de «formar grups contra la seguretat» va començar dimecres en una sucursal de Sanandaj del tribunal revolucionari.
Tres dies després, el 20 d’abril va ser condemnada a 10 anys de presó per ser complerta a una presó de Kermanshah, segons l’Organització Hengaw pels Drets Humans.
També va ser condemnada a un any de presó suspesa per un tribunal penal de Sanandaj per «pertorbar la seguretat nacional». Pourmohammadi és professora de llengua kurda i membre de l’Associació Cultural Nojin, una organització que ofereix cursos de llengua i literatura kurda.
Va ser detinguda el gener de 2022 mentre investigava sobre el seu marit detingut en un jutjat de Sanandaj i va ser posada en llibertat sota fiança després de 27 dies.
La cofundadora de l’Associació Cultural Nojin, Zara Mohammadi, va ser arrestada el 2019. Estava ensenyant kurd a centenars de nens a Sanandaj i als voltants. Mohammadi va ser acusada d'»establir un comitè i un grup contrari a l’estabilitat i la seguretat del sistema» i la van condemnar a cinc anys de presó el febrer de 2021. Va començar a complir la seva condemna el gener de 2022 i va ser alliberada el febrer de 2023 per motius desconeguts.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/21042024
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