Death sentence of 2 Kurds confirmed

Death_RowKARAJ, Iran, – Two Kurdish political prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death, were notified that their death sentence has been confirmed by the Supreme Court of Iran.

Death sentences for Zaniyar Moradi and Loqman Moradi were confirmed while the lawyer of the two brothers was not informed about the verification of the charge and it was directly passed to the prisoners.

The 2 Kurdish political prisoners, members of a family from the city of Meriwan in east of Kurdistan, were arrested with the accusation of attempts against national security by working with one of the Kurdish political parties.

They were under severe tortures and have sent out a letter regarding their pains and suffers they have gone through in the prison and under cruel tortures.

The two brothers, Zaniyar and Loqman, alleged in the letter that they had made some confessions under systematic and extensive tortures.