News Center – The Community of Free Women of Kurdistan (KJAR) released a statement regarding the deaths of women prisoners in Iranian prisons, saying: “Women prisoners have been subjected to torture for years. The Iranian regime is trying to cover up the truth with contradictory statements and lies.”

Making a statement about the death of Somaye Reshidi in Qarchak Prison on September 25 and Sudabe Asadi on September 15, KJAR emphasized that the resistance of women prisoners is a voice against oppression and a source of hope for life.

KJAR’s statement included the following:

“The death of women political prisoners in Iranian prisons is a deliberate, planned, and ongoing murder. The death of Somaye Reshidi in Qarchak Prison has created a great resonance not only among women prisoners but also among human rights defenders and society at large. Somaye Reshidi had been arrested many times after the popular uprisings in Iran, and despite severe health problems, her right to treatment was systematically denied in Evin and Qarchak prisons. We condemn the repressive policies of the Iranian regime.

For years, Iranian authorities have tried every way to silence the voices of prisoners. Women prisoners have been subjected to torture for years. The Iranian regime is trying to cover up the truth with contradictory statements and lies. But the truth lies in the resistance of women in prisons. The uprisings have proven that life itself exists not only through the deaths of women but through life itself. Every life put in chains, every life lost, has been met with slogans, songs, and resistance. This is a culture that the Iranian regime can never suppress.”

KJAR stated that in many prisons in Iran, from Qarchak to Yazd, women prisoners are being denied their right to medical treatment.

In the statement it was said: “Zeynab Celalian is deprived of her right to treatment despite suffering from stomach disease, epilepsy, loss of vision, and tooth infections. The deaths of Somaye Reshidi and other women who lost their lives like her should not be seen as an ordinary loss. The practices of the Iranian regime are open, deliberate, and ongoing murder. This situation reveals the regime’s despair and helplessness in both domestic and foreign policy. The resistance of women prisoners strengthens the hope for life. We must be the voice of all women prisoners who have sacrificed themselves for a free life.”