Imposing imprisonment sentence for 15 Kurdish activists in April 2022

Hengaw: During the last month, branches of the Revolutionary and Criminal Courts of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran have sentenced at least 15 Kurdish political and civic activists to prison.

According to the statistics registered in the Statistics and Documentation Center of Hengaw Human Rights Organization, in April 2022, at least 15 Kurdish political and civil activists were tried by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran and sentenced to a total of 12 years and 3 months imprisonment, and 1 year and 11 months and 4 days of suspended imprisonment.

According to the report, a female activist, a media activist, as well as a Kurdish clergy, are among those sentenced by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Most of these verdicts, which include 5 cases, were issued by Branch one of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, headed by Judges Javad Mostafaei and Akbar Mirzaei.

Separation by charge

Political activism: 15 cases equal to 100% of the total cases

Civic activism: No cases have been registered

Religious activism: No cases have been reported

Separation by province

Kermanshah: No case has been registered

Kurdistan (Sanandaj): 9 cases including (1 female activist and 8 male activists)

West Azerbaijan (Urmia): 6 cases including (6 male activists)

Branch of imposing sentence

Branch 1 of Saqez Revolutionary Court: 5 cases

Branch 101 of Oshnavyeh Criminal Court: 2 cases

Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Oshnavyeh: 1 case

Branch 101 of Kamyaran Criminal Court: 4 cases

Branch 1 of Urmia Military Court: 1 case

Naqadeh Revolutionary Court: 2 cases

The names of the people are as follows:

1- Shirzad Mamandi from Oshnavyeh, sentenced to 2 years imprisonment

2- Haidar Alizadeh from Oshnavyeh, sentenced to 4 years imprisonment

3- Vahed Sheikh Mohammadi from Oshnavyeh, sentenced to 6 months imprisonment

4- Abdul Vahed Abbasizadeh from Baneh, sentenced to 3 months of suspended imprisonment

5- Hoshyar Shabani from Baneh, sentenced to 8 months suspended imprisonment

6- Ahmad Moloudi from Naqadeh, sentenced to 5 months imprisonment

7- Hossein Khaliani from Naqadeh, sentenced to 5 months imprisonment

8- Mohammad Mirza Rahmani from Kamyaran, sentenced to 3 months and 1 day suspended imprisonment

9- Amanj Ghorbani from Kamyaran, sentenced to 3 months and 1 day of suspended imprisonment

10- Sirvan Ghorbani from Kamyaran, sentenced to 3 months and 1 day suspended imprisonment

11- Borhan Kamangar from Kamyaran, sentenced to 3 months and 1 day suspended imprisonment

12- Mohammad Sediq Azizi from Oshnoyeh, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment

13- Zamaneh Zivieh from Saqqez, sentenced to 10 months imprisonment

14- Mohammad Salimi from Saqqez, sentenced to 11 months imprisonment

15- Meqdad Hassannejad from Saqqez, sentenced to 6 months imprisonment