The Iranian Writers' Association issued a statement on Monday November 18^th, 2024 protesting the death sentences of Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi.

 Referring to the bloody repression of October 2019, the statement said, “The Islamic Republic is demonstrating its determination to confront the growing freedom and vigilance of the people by repressing and using tools such as the death penalty.

Regarding the death sentences of two Kurdish political prisoners, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, the statement added that they were denied the right to have a lawyer of their choice, access to their cases and effective defense during the trial . . . .

Referring to the case known as Sharak Ekbatan, the Iranian Writers' Association said in a statement that the youth accused in this case in an unclear process, without reliable evidence, not allowing their chosen lawyers and destroying evidence that could prove the innocence Security agencies with the inhuman death penalty, They have been condemned.

The case, known as Ekbatan City, concerns the arrest of 50 youths in Tehran's Ekbatan city on charges of killing a Basij during the Women, Life, Freedom movement.

Branch 13 of Tehran's Penal Court sentenced six of the youths to death on charges of killing the Basij.

The Writers' Association concluded its statement by saying that based on its Declaration, it considers the death penalty an inhuman punishment and condemns the imposition of such sentences for any crime or accused.