Detainee archive summary
Pakhshan Azizi is documented as a living political prisoner or detainee in Iran. This is not a deceased memorial record.
- Name
- Pakhshan Azizi
- Record type
- Political prisoner — living detainee
- City
- Tehran
- Arrest date
- 2023-08-04
- Prison
- Evin Prison
- Status
- sentenced
- Verification
- partially_verified
Emergency: Death row — risk of execution
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SentencedPartially verified
Pakhshan Azizi
- City
- Tehran
- Arrest date
- 2023-08-04
- Prison / detention
- Evin Prison
- Charges
- Armed rebellion (baghi); membership of opposition groups
Case summary
Kurdish-Iranian women's rights activist and social worker from Mahabad, arrested in Tehran in August 2023 and held in Evin Prison. Sentenced to death for 'armed rebellion'; the Supreme Court upheld the sentence and rejected her retrial request, placing her at risk of execution.
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Frequently asked questions
Kurdish-Iranian women's rights activist and social worker from Mahabad, arrested in Tehran in August 2023 and held in Evin Prison. Sentenced to death for 'armed rebellion'; the Supreme Court upheld the sentence and rejected her retrial request, placing her at risk of execution.
Sources & attribution
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