Urmiye Archives - KHRN

January 15, 2017

Iran court sentences Kurdish political prisoner to five years in prison

"In the past few days, the branch two of Orumiyeh (also known as Urmiye) Revolutionary Court headed by judge Ali Sheikhlou sentenced a Kurdish political prisoner to five years in prison," a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "Afshin Asadzadeh, a Kurdish citizen from Orumiyeh, was arrested by the security forces at his home on 24 October 2016.He was detained at a...

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