Executions
Executions
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Witness Statement of Mother Shaheed
In this witness statement, Mother Shaheed—a Kurdish homemaker formerly residing in Mahabad—describes the execution of her daughter in 1981. Her…
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Witness Statement of Abdullah Mostafa Soltani
In this witness statement, Abdullah Mostafa Soltani—a former Kurdish peshmerga—discusses the hostilities of the central government of the Islamic Republic…
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Witness Statement of Heshmat Mostafa Soltani
In this witness statement, Heshmat Mostafa Soltani—a former Kurdish peshmerga—discusses the execution of four of his brothers by Islamic Republic…
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Witness Statement of Gelawij Heidari
In this witness statement, Gelawij Heidari—a Kurdish homemaker from Paveh—recounts the Iranian central government’s military attack on the Kurdish region…
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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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Iran's death penalty stays off global agenda
Originally posted at: http://www.dw.de/irans-death-penalty-stays-off-global-agenda/a-17705731 At least 320 people are said to have been executed in Iran this year. Drawn from…
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Iran: Halt Execution of 33 Sunnis
For Immediate Release Iran: Halt Execution of 33 SunnisAccounts of Cases Raise Fair Trial Concerns (June 12, 2014) — The…
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