Wafa Rasouli-Azar stays in abeyance for Four months is objected to severe torture to forced confessions in detention
Wafa Rasouli-Azar, one of the detainees of the recent protests in Piranshahr, has been enduring severe torture during his fourth
Hengaw: Monday, April 24, 2023
Wafa Rasouli-Azar, one of the detainees of the recent protests in Piranshahr, has been enduring severe torture during his fourth month of detention in the Naghadeh prison.
According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Wefa Rasouli-Azar, a Kurdish citizen from Piranshahr has sustained injuries to his kidneys and bladder due to torture and harsh detention conditions. He has spent the fourth month of his detention in Naghadeh prison.
After several court trials at the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Urmia, Wefa Rasouli-Azar was transferred to Naghadeh prison. During interrogation at the detention center of the Iranian Intelligence in Urmia, he was subjected to severe pressure and torture to conduct forced confessions. He confessed to the allegations written by the Iranian Intelligence under duress but stated in court that all his confessions regarding the leadership of the protests and attacks on the houses of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were obtained under torture.
It is worth mentioning that throughout his detention, Wafa Rasouli-Azar was deprived of his fundamental rights, including access to a lawyer, visiting his family, and other basic rights.
On Thursday, January 18, 2023, Wafa Rasouli-Azar surrendered himself in exchange for his father's release, who had been taken hostage by Iranian government forces. He was immediately transferred to the detention center of the Iranian Intelligence in Urmia.
