Kurdish political prisoner Varisheh Moradi sentenced to death for second time in Tehran Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati, has sentenced Varisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner from Sanandaj held at Evin Prison, to death for a second time on a charge of “baghi” (armed rebellion). According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Moradi’s lawyers were formally notified of the new death sentence on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Her lawyers said the court had reimposed the death sentence without addressing the legal deficiencies identified by Iran’s Supreme Court or conducting the additional investigations it had ordered when overturning her initial conviction. The latest hearing in Moradi’s case was held on September 20, 2026. She refused to attend in protest against what she described as violations of her legal rights and her refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the proceedings. The new ruling can be appealed to the Supreme Court within 20 days. Moradi was initially sentenced to death in autumn 2024 by the same branch of the Revolutionary Court, under the same judge, on a charge of “baghi over her membership in the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK).” That ruling was subsequently overturned by the Supreme Court. Moradi was arrested on August 1, 2023, by Intelligence Ministry agents while traveling from Marivan to Sanandaj. According to information previously documented by Hengaw, she was subjected to severe physical violence during her arrest. Following her detention, Moradi spent several months undergoing interrogation and being held in solitary confinement at Intelligence Ministry detention facilities in Sanandaj and Ward 209 of Evin Prison. She was eventually transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison. In separate proceedings, Moradi has also been sentenced to six months in prison in connection with her publication of open letters and expression of political views.