Piranshahr; Wafa Rasouli-Azer arrested to serve his imprisonment sentence
Wafa Rasouli-Azer, a 19-year-old Kurdish youth from Piranshahr, who was arrested during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movem
Hengaw: Thursday, January 4, 2024
Wafa Rasouli-Azer, a 19-year-old Kurdish youth from Piranshahr, who was arrested during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement and later sentenced to a total of 26 months and 18 days in prison by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was arrested and transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison to serve his sentence.
According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, January 4, 2023, 19-year-old Wafa Rasouli-Azer from Piranshahr was arrested after being summoned to the executive office of sentences in this city and was transferred to Naghadeh Central Prison to serve his sentence.
Wafa Rasouli-Azar was sentenced to 11 months and 16 days in prison in May 2023 by Branch 102 of Piranshahr Criminal Court headed by Judge "Reza Qahramanlou" for the charge of "deliberately inciting the banner of the Intelligence Department" and for "disobeying government officials" He was sentenced to 7 months and 16 days of imprisonment and 7 months and 16 days of penal servitude and 40 lashes for the charge of "participating in disturbing public peace and order".
With the application of the Consolidation of Sentences Law, the harshest sentence for this citizen is 11 months and 16 days.
It is worth mentioning that Wafa Rasouli-Azer was arrested by the Iranian security forces on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement and was taken to one of the security detention centers in Urmia. Finally, after 100 days of detention on Friday, April 28, 2023, he was temporarily released from Nagahdeh Central Prison on bail until the end of the proceedings.
