Diako Azizi, Kurdish man from Oshnovieh arrested to serve 18-month prison sentence

Hengaw: Thursday, December 12, 2024

Diako Azizi, a Kurdish man from Oshnavieh, has been arrested and transferred to Oshnavieh Central Prison to serve an 18-month sentence following his conviction for “affiliation and collaboration with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.”

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 36-year-old Diako Azizi was summoned by the Execution of Sentences Office in Oshnavieh. Upon appearing, he was taken into custody and sent to Oshnavieh Central Prison.

In November, Branch 101 of the Oshnavieh Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Ansari, sentenced Azizi to 18 months in prison. His arrest occurred on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, during a wave of mass detentions targeting Kurds ahead of the second anniversary of Jina Amini’s state-sanctioned killing.

Azizi, a resident of Bab Khaldabad village in Oshnavieh, was violently arrested during the crackdown and detained at the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center in Urmia. During his time there, he endured severe torture and was denied access to legal representation and family visits. He was temporarily released three weeks later on bail of 1.2 billion tomans, pending legal proceedings.