Mozhgan Kavousi Archives - KHRN

December 20, 2023

Kurdish writer Mozhgan Kavousi begins 39-month prison term

Yarsani Kurdish writer and researcher Mozhgan Kavousi has been sent to Tonekabon Prison in Mazandaran Province to serve a 39-month sentence, following a court order. Kavousi, a former political

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October 24, 2023

Kurdish woman writer’s prison sentence upheld by Supreme Court

Branch Nine of Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a 62-month prison sentence, plus one day, for Kurdish writer and researcher Mozhgan Kavousi. Presiously, Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary

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January 5, 2023

Kurdish writer released on bail in Iran’s northern Qaem Shahr

Kurdish writer Mozhgan Kavousi has been temporarily released after 104 days in detention from Qaem Shahr prison in Iran's northern Mazandaran province, on a bail of 3 billion Tomans – nearly 75,000

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December 30, 2022

Iran court sentences Kurdish writer to over five years in jail

Kurdish writer Mozhgan Kavousi has been sentenced to over five years in jail in Iran for charges that include alleged actions to “disrupt national security”. However, the charge of

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December 22, 2022

Kurdish woman writer’s trial signals possible death penalty verdict

Detained Kurdish writer Mozhgan Kavousi was tried on 20 December over a series of serious charges, one of which may carry a death penalty verdict.  The most serious charges against her was

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January 5, 2022

Iran releases Kurdish woman writer Mozhgan Kavousi

Kurdish woman writer and political prisoner Mozhgan Kavousi has been released today after serving about 21 months of her three-year prison sentence. The political prisoner's release from Kachouei

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October 17, 2021

Kurdish woman writer returned to prison after ‘wrong order’ by prosecutor

Authorities in Kachouei Prison of Karaj took Kurdish woman writer and political prisoner Mozhgan Kavousi out of prison for several hours on 13 October and returned her to the prison. After being

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July 21, 2021

Iran temporarily releases Kurdish woman writer after contracting coronavirus

Kurdish woman writer and political prisoner Mozhgan Kavousi has been sent on temporary leave on 21 July after contracting the coronavirus. Following the outbreak of covid-19 in the women's ward of

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May 31, 2021

Three Kurdish political prisoners in Iran end hunger strikes

Kurdish political prisoners Mozhgan Kavousi, Sakineh Parvaneh, and Basam Moradi who went on hunger strikes in the last two weeks in Tehran, Mashhad, and Kamyaran prisons, have ended their

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