Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Brother-in-law of Verisheh Moradi arrested amid rising pressure on family

Karim Asghari, a former political prisoner and the brother-in-law of Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi), a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in Shuyesheh, in Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, on 8 June. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security agents raided Asghari’s shop and violently arrested him, transferring him to an undisclosed location. His wife, Mehraneh Moradi...

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