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Pakhshan Azizi

Pakhshan Azizi, 40, — prisoner in Tehran, Iran.

Age: 40
City: Tehran
Category: Prisoner

Kurdish social worker sentenced to death in July 2024 for alleged membership in an armed group — a charge she denies. Sentence upheld in 2025. Included as a living political prisoner.

Primary source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/07/iran-pakhshan-azizi/

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