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Three Kurdish civilians face possible death penalty following indictments
Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Kamran Soltani and Mohammad Faraji, three Kurdish civilians arrested by security forces during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, have been charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) and "enmity against God" (moharebeh), which carry the potential death penalty in Iran. Their cases have been referred to the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in...
Read moreDetention of three Kurdish civilians extended amid fears of death penalty
The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has extended the temporary detention of Kurdish civilians Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji and Kamran Soltani for two more months. The trio, who were previously charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) for their alleged "involvement in the murder of a security officer" during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Bukan, have...
Read moreAuthorities charge three Kurdish men with ‘spreading corruption on earth’
Kurdish civilians Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji, and Kamran Soltani have been charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz), a crime that carries the possibility of the death penalty in Iran. The accusations are linked to their alleged "involvement in the murder of a security officer" during the anti-government uprising of Jin Jiyan Azadi (Women Life Freedom) in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. Sheikh-Maroufi, Faraji and...
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