News Center- Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer in Iran, and Sedigheh Vasmaghi, an Iranian lawyer, poet, and reformist politician, have issued a joint statement, demanding the abolition of death penalty in Iran and revocation of the death sentences handed down to women activists, especially Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi and Sharifeh Mohammadi.

Describing the death sentences handed down to Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi and Sharifeh Mohammadi as “a revenge” against the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” uprising that started following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022, the statement said, “If these women are executed, it will increase violence in society. The abolition of the death penalty can prevent the spread of violence.”

Call for immediate revocation of death sentences

In the statement, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Sedigheh Vasmaghi condemned death sentences handed down to political prisoners, especially Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi and Sharifeh Mohammadi. “As the signatories of the statement, we strongly condemn all death sentences handed down to the youth of our country. We demand the abolition of the death penalty in Iran and revocation of the death sentences handed down to Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh Moradi and Sharifeh Mohammadi.”