Iran: Kurdish female activist sentenced to death

Zeynab Jalaliyan, a Kurdish female political activist, has been sentenced to death for membership of a Kurdish opposition organisation.  The 27-year-old Ms. Jalaliyan is a lawyer and lives in Maku, in Azerbaijan province (north-western Iran).

Zeynab Jalaliyan, a Kurdish female political activist, has been sentenced to death for membership of a Kurdish opposition organisation.  The 27-year-old Ms. Jalaliyan is a lawyer and lives in Maku, in Azerbaijan province (north-western Iran).

Zeynab JalaliyanAccording to Ms. Jalaliyan's family, she was arrested eight months ago in the city of Kermanshah (in Iranian Kurdistan), and was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry's detention centre. There has been no news about her situation or state of health since her arrest eight months ago.

Ms. Jalaliyan was found to be a mohareb (enemy of God) after a trial held behind closed doors and lasting just a few minutes.

Zeynab Jalaliyan's death sentence raises the number of Kurdish activists sentenced to death in Iran during the past two years to 13. 

They are:

1. Ramezan Ahmad
2. Farhad Chalesh
3. Shirkuh Marefi
4. Rostam Arkiya
5. Farzad Kamangar
6. Ali Heydariyan
7. Farhad Vakili
8. Hiwa Boutimar
9. Anwar Hosseing Panahi
10. Arsalan Evliyayi
11. Habibollah Latifi
12. Fasih Yasamini
13. Zeynab Jalaliyan

Source: Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network and Student Council of Defence of Human Rights in Kurdistan