Tehran; session of the trial of Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi , a Kurdish political activist

The first session of Warishe Moradi's trial and the second session of Pakhshan Azizi's broadcasters were held on Sunday (June 16) at Tehran's Islamic Revolution Court. According to the report of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the court session of Varishe Moradi, a member of the Free Women's Society of Eastern Kurdistan (Kajar), was held in the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court under the chairmanship of "Judge Abolqasem Salavati", but "she and her lawyer were not allowed to defend themselves". Also, at the same time, the second session of the trial of Pakhshan Azizi was held in Branch 26 of Tehran Islamic Revolution Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. Varishe Moradi was previously accused by Branch 5 of Tehran Public and Revolution Prosecutor's Office and Pakhshan Azizi by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolution Court. Warishe Moradi has been denied the right to contact and visit his family and lawyers since a month ago by the order of Judge Salvati. On May 14, by the order of this judge, she was transferred from the women's ward of Evin prison to Ward 209 of the Ministry of Intelligence in this prison, and after three days, she was returned to the women's ward. She and Pakhshan Azizi went on hunger strike for two days in protest of this transfer. Azizi, a native of Mahabad and a graduate of social work from Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, had previously been arrested by the security forces. She was arrested by security agents for the first time on November 16, 2009, during a protest meeting of Kurdish students of Tehran University against political executions in Kurdistan. she was released on free bail after 4 months of detention and after some time she left Iran and has been staying in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq for the past few years. Varishe Moradi, a native of Sanandaj and a member of the free women's community of eastern Kurdistan known as Kejar, who, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, was killed by the ministry forces on August 1, 2023 after carrying out political and organizational activities in the city of Kermanshah, when she was planning to return to Sanandaj. Information was arrested at the entrance of this city. she spent the first 13 days of detention in the detention center of this security institution in Sanandaj city, and after that she was transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/06/17/tehran-session-of-the-trial-of-warisha-moradi-and-pakhshan-azizi-a-kurdish-political-activist/