Witness Testimony
Witness Testimony
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Witness Statement of Aziz Mamleh
In this witness statement, Aziz Mamleh—an attorney and representative of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)—describes the high-level negotiations…
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Witness Statement of Maruf Kabi
In this witness statement, Maruf Kabi—an Iranian Kurd—recounts the Iranian government’s execution of his two sisters, Nasrin Kabi and Shahla…
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Witness Statement of Farkhondeh
In this witness statement, Farkhondeh—a Kurdish homemaker—describes the execution of her son by Iranian authorities a year after the Iranian…
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Witness Statement of Hamed Saati
In this witness statement, Hamed Saati—an Iranian Kurd now living in Sweden—describes the Kurdish reaction to the 1979 referendum on…
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Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
In this witness statement, Farhad Sarhangi—a former Kurdish peshmerga—recalls his numerous arrests and imprisonments in Iran in the early 1980s.…
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Witness Statement of Raha
In this Witness Statement, Raha, an Iranian lesbian, describes the ordeals she faced in school as well as the harsh…
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Witness Statement of Masumeh Ka’abi
In this witness statement, Masumeh Ka’abi—an Ahwazi Arab housewife—recounts her arbitrary arrest, interrogation and imprisonment by intelligence agents of the…
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Witness Statement of Ako
In this Witness Statement, Ako, a gay Iranian, explains how his life was dramatically changed after his neighbor, a Revolutionary…
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Witness Statement of Radman
In his Witness Statement, Radman, a gay Iranian, discusses how he was extorted after his neighbor saw him and his…
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Witness Statement of Milad
In this witness statement, Milad, a gay Iranian, explains how he was mistreated by Iranian authorities after being arrested at…
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