IRAN - 12 women on Urmia's death row
April 5, 2021: 12 female Kurdish prisoners imprisoned in Urmia Central Prison on a death row awaiting execution. Hengaw: For the first time, Hengaw Human Rights Organisation has been able to obtain information on a list of female Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death in Urmia Central Prison. According to an investigation conducted Hengaw the human rights organization, 12 women are currently being held in women's ward of Urmia Central Prison on charges of premeditated murder. The identities of these 12 prisoners sentenced to death are as follows: 1- Mahabbat Mahmoudi from Urmia 2- Zahra Farhadi from Urmia 3- Parisa Moradi from Bukan 4- Nishtiman Mohammadi from Sardasht 5- Golzar Ahmadian from Sardasht 6- Faranak Beheshti from Takab 7- Soheila Nematzadeh from Miandoab 8- Mojgan Abdollahi from Mahabad 9- Zeinab Khalid from Sardasht 10- Mojgan Azarpisheh from Urmia 11- Tahmineh Danesh from Khoy 12- Ziba (unknown surname) from Bukan
https://hengaw.net/en/news/12-female-kurdish-prisoners-imprisoned-in-urmia-central-prison-on-a-death-row-awaiting-execution
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2021/04/15/twelve-women-detained-on-death-row-in-the-central-prison-of-urmia/ (Source: Hengaw)
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