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Sign the petition to the Iranian embassy and demand that Iranian authorities stop these executions and release Pakhshan and Verisheh immediately.
Sign the petition to the Iranian embassy and demand that Iranian authorities stop these executions and release Pakhshan and Verisheh immediately.
STOP THE EXECUTIONS OF PAKHSHAN AZIZI & VERISHEH MORADI
Pakhshan Azizi and Verisheh Moradi, both from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, are at imminent risk of execution in Iran.
Pakhshan, a humanitarian aid worker, is being punished just for helping women and children displaced by ISIS. Verisheh, a member of the group East Kurdistan Free Woman Society, is facing the death penalty following a grossly unfair trial.
Since their arrests in separate cases in August 2023, both have revealed being tortured and otherwise ill-treated, including gender-based violence, and held in solitary confinement. Their trials were deeply unjust, and they are at grave risk of execution.
In the aftermath of the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising, Iran’s authorities have intensified the use of the death penalty as a tool of repression and fear, including against women detained on politically-motivated charges. In 2023 alone, the Iranian authorities executed at least 853 people—the highest number in eight years. Now, Pakhshan and Verisheh’s lives are on the line.
We don’t have time to wait. We must act now.
Please note: we will hand in the number of people who signed this petition but we will not include individual names for reasons of safety for some activists.