Verisheh Moradi (also transliterated as Wirishe Moradi or Warisha Moradi; Kurdish: Werîşe Mûradî, Persian: وریشه مرادی) is a Kurdish political prisoner and women's rights activist sentenced to death by the state of Iran. She was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj on 1 August 2023 and imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran. In February 2024, Moradi was formally charged with "baghi", armed rebellion against the state, due to her association with Kurdish opposition groups. In November 2024, Branch Fifteen of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Moradi to death.[1][2][3]
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