Iran International:

Sixty female political prisoners at Tehran’s Evin Prison staged an overnight sit-in on Wednesday to protest the recent death sentence of fellow inmate, Pakhshan Azizi.

The Instagram accounts of Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi, Iranian civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee, and German-Iranian rights activist Nahid Taghavi jointly announced that Evin's women unanimously demand the annulment of the Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner's death sentence.

The political prisoners at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj also stated solidarity, condemning the "violation of the right to life of the Iranian people by the execution machine of the Islamic Republic."

They emphasized that resistance and protest against repression and executions would continue unabated. They urged international human rights organizations to address the new wave of executions.

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Iran's Kurdish minority has experienced significant persecution. The rights organization Hengaw reports that during the first half of 2024, Iran executed at least 266 people as part of an ongoing execution spree. Of those executed, 72 were Kurds, Iran's largest minority.

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