Iranian court issues death sentence against pregnant Kurdish woman

The security forces of the Iranian state arrested the Kurdish woman, Shahla Abdi from West Azerbaijan Province, during her participation in the Urmia protests, in mid-October 2022, according to NUJINHA Women's News Agency.

The agency indicated that Shahla, although she was pregnant, remained in the central city prison for about a month, and then was transferred to Tabriz prison about three weeks ago, and later transferred to the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence.

According to what the agency quoted from a detainee in Urmia prison, she said: "When I saw Shahla Abdi, she looked very young, weak and subjected to abuse, then I realized that she was four months pregnant."

Another detainee said, "Shahla Abdi was in a state of severe shock, it was clear that she had not showered for a long time, she was very afraid," and described the prison conditions as very difficult. "There was a woman who was sick for two months, and they did not give her a single pill."

It is noteworthy that on January 18, Zahra Nabizadeh was also arrested while she was six months pregnant in the city of Mahabad in Rojhelat, and she had a miscarriage after the Iranian security forces kicked her in her stomach during her arrest, and she was sentenced to death, and she is now awaiting execution in prison, according to NUJINHA Agency.

There are at least two other pregnant protesters have been arrested in recent.

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