15 Kurdish Detainees Sentenced to Death

Name

Offense

Sentence

Arrest Date

Details

Mohammad Amin Abdollahi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

2008

Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 01/16/2010. second arrest- first in 2005 when charged with anti-regime propaganda

Acting against national security

Ali Afshari

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

12/14/10

Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 08/2011.

Acting against national security

Rashid Akhkandi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

May-08

Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party; Charged in 2009. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011

Habibollah Golparipour

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

Nov-09

Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party; Charged on 05/07/2010

Seyyed Sami Hosseini

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

6/4/08

Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011

Habibollah Latifi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

10/23/07

Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK; family denies charges. Executed 02/18/2009***

Sherko Moarefi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

Oct-08

Kurdish man accused of links to Komala; Amnesty International

Acting against national security

Seyyed Jamal Mohammadi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

6/4/08

Kurdish man accused of links to PJAK. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011

Ghader (Aziz) Mohammadzadeh

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

10/13/09

Membership of Kurdish group; Held Incommunicado-current condition not known

Acting against national security

Zanyar Moradi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

8/1/09

Accused of murdering the son of Marivon Friday Mass Imam; Charged on 12/22/2010; Amnesty International

Corruption on earth

Lughman Moradi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

10/17/09

Accused of murdering the son of Marivon Friday Mass Imam; Charged on 12/22/2010; Amnesty International

Corruption on earth

Anvar Rostami

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

1-Dec

Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party

Disturbing public order

Mostafa Salimi

Muharebeh

Death Penalty

2001

Kurdish man accused of links to Kurdish opposition party, Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011

Acting against national security

Abdollah Sarvarian

Spying

Death Penalty

not known

Sentence overturned. Reference HRC Report A/HRC/16/NGO/25; 02/22/2011.

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