Kurdish political prisoner Su'da Khedirzadeh leaves Iran with toddler after temporary release
Hengaw: Monday, February 24, 2025
Su´da Khedirzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner from Piranshahr, along with her toddler, who had recently been granted temporary leave from Urmia Central Prison, have permanently left Iran. She endured a total of 1,217 consecutive days in prison without any leave. Her child was born in prison and spent nearly three years of their life behind bars.
According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in recent days, Su´da Khedirzadeh left Iran in the midst of her temporary leave, which she had received for the first time in months of imprisonment.
On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, after 40 months of incarceration, she was granted a 20-day leave upon posting a bail of 2.5 billion tomans. She left prison with her 2-year-and-8-month-old daughter, Ala Esmaeili.
Su´da Khedirzadeh endured extremely harsh conditions during her imprisonment. On Monday, June 21, 2022, she gave birth via cesarean section in a hospital in Urmia but was returned to Urmia Central Prison just one day later, without completing her recovery period.
The Criminal Court Branch 1 of Mahabad sentenced her to 12 years and 6 months in prison on charges of “assisting in the killing of a member of the IRGC” and “membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.”
Su´da Khedirzadeh was arrested by government forces in Piranshahr on Thursday, October 14, 2021, and was transferred to Urmia Central Prison on Monday, November 8 of the same year.
