Wahab Khediripour, cousin of slain Kurdish protester, sentenced to ten months in prison

Hengaw: Friday, April 4, 2025

Wahab Khediripour, a Kurdish man from Mahabad, has been sentenced to ten months in prison by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is the cousin of Shamal Khediripour, a protester who was killed during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement.

According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, 32-year-old Wahab Khediripour was handed a 10-month prison sentence by the Revolutionary Court of Mahabad.

A source close to Khediripour’s family told Hengaw that the prison sentence was issued over the alleged charge of “collaboration with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.”

Wahab Khediripour was temporarily released on bail of 500 million tomans from Mahabad Central Prison on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, after three weeks of detention, pending the outcome of his trial.

Hengaw had previously reported that during his detention, Khediripour was denied access to legal representation and family visits.

Khediripour, who is married and the father of two children, was initially arrested on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, after being summoned by the Intelligence Department.

It is worth noting that his brother, Sohrab Khediripour, a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, was killed by IRGC forces in spring 2021. Wahab is also the cousin of Shamal Khediripour, one of the victims of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement in Mahabad.