Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi, currently on death row in Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, was transferred to hospital today after being denied access to medication on 23 September.
According to local media in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat), prison doctors decided that Azizi needed immediate medical attention and transferred her to a hospital this morning.
A message posted on Azizi’s social media account on 23 September said: “Pakshan Azizi has severe headaches and her family has agreed to pay for her treatment. But still she was prevented from seeing a doctor”.
Azizi’s isolation began on 4 August 2023, when she was arrested by Iranian intelligence forces in Tehran’s Kharazi town. She was held in solitary confinement in Ward 209 of Evin Prison before being transferred to the women’s ward on 11 December. According to sources close to her family, Azizi has been subjected to torture and pressure from security authorities to force a televised confession.
She was sentenced to death on 23 July by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, for membership of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK).
