Southern Kurdistan Women's Front calls for action for Warisha Moradi

Southern Kurdistan Women's Front calls on all women of the world to take action for Warisha Moradi, who was sentenced to death in Iran.

The Southern Kurdistan Women's Front made a statement calling for urgent action for Warisha Moradi, a member of the Eastern Kurdistan Free Women's Community (KJAR), who was sentenced to death in Iran. The statement called on everyone to be the voice of Warisha Moradi against the death sentence handed to her.

The statement referred to the protests that took place in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan two years ago with the slogan ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) and noted that the spirit of women's resistance and struggle gave strength to women all over the world. The statement emphasised that Warisha Moradi dedicated her life to women's freedom and was arrested by the forces of the occupying Iranian regime on 31 July 2023 due to the hopes she pioneered in her life dedicated to women's freedom. “However, Warisha Moradi’s hopes and goals for women's freedom grew even more in prison, where she did not give up the struggle,” it added.

The statement remarked that Warisha Moradi has always stood against the death penalty in Iran, where the ruling regime does not even recognise the right to defence.

Remarking that Iran's execution policies are aimed at intimidation, the statement concluded: “As women from Southern Kurdistan, we call out to all women of the world; as Warisha Moradi became the voice of all women in prison, let us raise our voices against the death penalty. The more we raise our voices against the execution policy, the more we can stop executions. Together we must stand against the death sentence given to Warisha Moradi.”