IRAN: FEMALE POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION

the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, faces imminent execution. “We are appealing to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to intervene and halt Zeynab’s execution,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s spokesperson. Jalalian, accused of connections with Kurdish opposition groups, was sentenced to death for Moharebeh, or “enmity against God,” in January 2009.