Fatemeh Maghsoudi arrested in Iran for asking whereabouts of her son

Fatemeh Maghsoudi, the mother of the detained Kurdish political activist Edris Feqhi, has been arrested by the IRGC for staging a sit-in in front of the building of IRGC in Urmia demanding information on the whereabouts of her son.

 News Center- The Kurdistan Human Rights Network has released a statement on the arrest of Fatemeh Maghsoudi, the mother of the detained Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) member Edris Feqhi, who disappeared on July 24, 2021 after being wounded by the IRGC.

‘Fatemeh Maghsoudi was taken to an unknown location’

The statement said that Fatemeh Maghsoudi was arrested by the intelligence forces of the IRGC yesterday and taken to an unknown location. “65-year-old Fatemeh Maghsoudi, who has received no information about her son for 21 months, suffers from heart disease and we are concerned about her health,” the statement said.

 Last week, Fatemeh Maghsoudi went in front of the building of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Urmia and started a sit-in demanding information on the whereabouts of her son. Previously, the family of Edris Feqhi held a sit-in in front of the building on February 21, 2022 and Fatemeh Maghsoudi was arrested again.

After her release, she released a video and said, “My son has been imprisoned in Urmia for a year. I go to the office of the intelligence ministry, to the court and to the prison, but they do not give me a clear answer. Sometimes they say he is there, some days they say he is not there. They say go, we will call you, wait for us. I cannot bear this difficult situation anymore, I have no strength left. I have heart disease. I request human rights organizations to find my son for me. It was you reporting that he was alive. Get him a lawyer so I can meet my son, talk to him, have him call me, know if he is alive or not and what happened to him.”