Bail of 1 Trillion Rials Set for Granting Leave to Mahmoud Sadeghi, Kurdish Political Prisoner
Hengaw; Friday, October 11, 2024
Mahmoud Sadeghi, a Kurdish political prisoner from Kamyaran and brother-in-law of executed political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani, is about to enter his ninth year of imprisonment. He continues to be deprived of his basic rights, and it has recently been announced that bail in the amount of 1 Trillion IRR has been set for granting him leave.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mahmoud Sadeghi, a Kurdish political prisoner held in Sanandaj (Sine) Central Prison, has spent the last 7 years, 11 months, and 25 days in prison without receiving any leave.
A source close to the Sadeghi family told Hengaw: "As Mahmoud Sadeghi approaches his ninth year of detention, the security agencies have demanded an exorbitant bail of 1 Trillion IRR for granting him a few days of leave."
Earlier, Hengaw quoted informed sources as saying that the intentional non-merging of Sadeghi's two imprisonment sentences has created ambiguity about the possibility of granting leave. Mahmoud Sadeghi has repeatedly requested a transfer to Kamyaran Prison, but due to obstruction by security agencies through prison officials, he has been denied this basic right.
In early March 2020, Mahmoud Sadeghi was sentenced to 25 years of discretionary imprisonment by Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Saeedi, on charges of "aiding in rebellion."
In October 2019, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Branch 1 of the Criminal Court in Kurdistan Province on charges of "aiding in murder and collaboration with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan."
This Kurdish individual was arrested on October 16, 2016, along with his brother-in-law Heydar Ghorbani, an executed Kurdish political prisoner, at his residence.
After his arrest, he was held for three months in the detention center of the Sanandaj Intelligence Office, where he was subjected to psychological and physical pressure, and was eventually transferred to Kamyaran Prison. After five months, he was moved to Sanandaj Central Prison, where he remains to this day.
