News Center- The Forum of Iranian Women (German: Forum Iranischer Frauen-FIF) published a statement on its social media accounts on Monday, condemning Iran's Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and death sentence of Kurdish activist and journalist Pakhshan Azizi imprisoned in Evin prison.

‘The decision aims to silence people demanding freedom’

In the statement, the forum said that the decision of the Iranian Supreme Court “aims to silence people demanding freedom”. “The criminal and misogynist regime of Iran has once again revealed its repressive nature by upholding the death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi, disregarding human rights,” the statement said. “This brutal step is a failed attempt to silence Iranian people demanding freedom. The Iranian authorities must halt the death sentence. We condemn this inhumane decision and call on the international community to take urgent action.”

The forum also condemned the death sentence handed down to Warisha Moradi (Verisheh Moradi), a Kurdish political prisoner and a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR). “The Islamic Republic of Iran should know that such penalties cannot undermine the struggle for justice and democracy but strengthen it. No to execution for Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi.”