Hedayat Abdollahpour, an Iranian Kurdish political prisoner, was sentenced to death for cooperating with Kurdish dissident parties. Six other such political prisoners faced harsh prison sentences.
The inmates’ names and sentences are:
Hedayat Abdollahpour, sentence to death
Hasel Azizi, 25 years in prison
Mohammad Zaher Faramarzi, 20 years in prison
Jacob Baakram, 15 years in prison
Jalal Masrouri, 15 years in prison
Kamal Masrouri, 11 years in prison
Sedigh Baakram, 10 years in prison
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