Former Kurdish political prisoner Kaveh Moradi has left Iran due to pressure from Iranian Intelligence service

Hengaw : A Kurdish political activist and former political prisoner from Ke

19 November 2020 19:18


Hengaw : A Kurdish  political activist and former political prisoner from Kermanshah of Iranian Kurdistan was forced to leave his hometown after his release due to constant pressure from Iranian Intelligence service .

 According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, Kaveh Moradi, a Kurdish political activist and former political prisoner from Kermanshah, has been forced to leave Iran in recent days due to constant pressure from Intelligence forces and is currently living in a neighboring country.

 This Kurdish political prisoner, who was pardoned and released after two and a half years in early April 2020, has been summoned and interrogated at least 5 times by Iranian Intelligence service in Kermanshah in recent months which made him leave his hometown .

 Kaveh Moradi, a 23-year-old resident of Kermanshah, was detained  by this city's intelligence service on Sunday, October 15, 2017, and later sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of Kermanshah to 5 years in prison on charges of collaborating and membership in the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran(KDPI). 

 This Kurdish citizen was pardoned and released  during a “ Newroz Amnesty verdict “ from Dieselabad prison in Kermanshah on Saturday, March 28, 2020 , after serving two and a half years of his sentence .


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