The health condition of Warisha Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women's Community (KJAR), who is held in Evin Prison in Tehran, and who started an indefinite hunger strike on 10 October, World Day Against the Death Penalty, is deteriorating.

In a written statement on Friday, the East Kurdistan Free Women's Community (KJAR) said that Warisha Moradi’s condition has worsened due to a serious drop in blood pressure and there is a high possibility that she may fall into a coma.

Appealing to Warisha Moradi, KJAR stated the following:

“We convey our greetings to our resilient comrade and pioneer and ask her to end her strike. Our committees will continue the strike. In this context, we announce that from tomorrow we will start a 3-day hunger strike in various European countries in support of Warisha Moradi and all political prisoners and all those facing the risk of execution. We call on all those struggling for freedom to support this solidarity initiative and to support and defend Warisha Moradi and other women pioneers in the prisons of the Islamic Republic.”

Arrested on 1 August 2023

Moradi, also known as Ciwana Sine, was arrested on 1 August 2023 during a police check near her hometown of Sine (Sanandaj) and taken to an unknown location. Iran's regime judiciary accuses her of "enmity towards God" and "armed rebellion against the state". The allegations are related to Moradi's membership in the KJAR, the umbrella organization of the Kurdish women's movement in Iran, and her commitment to women's and feminist issues. Tehran sees the KJAR as a "separatist terrorist organization" because it is said to be part of the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK).

Brutally tortured, mistreated and interrogated

After Moradi's abduction, her whereabouts were unclear for months. It was only thanks to the KHRN that it became known that the activist had been brutally tortured, mistreated and interrogated by the Iranian Secret Service in Sine for weeks after her arrest, until she was transferred to Tehran at the end of August. There she was held for months in the notorious high-security wing 209 of Evin prison - also subjected to torture and mistreatment, with the aim of breaking her or forcing her to confess. Moradi has been in the women's section of the prison since the beginning of January. She is denied access to legal counsel most of the time. If she is convicted, she faces the death penalty.