Kurdish Political Prisoner Verisheh Moradi Sentenced to Death Again Verisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner and women’s rights activist, has been sentenced to death for a second time by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, this time on a charge of “membership in a rebel group”. Her lawyers say the court issued the new sentence without completing the investigations requested by the Supreme Court, and simply changed the charge. The Supreme Court had overturned her first death sentence because of incomplete investigations and procedural violations. Her lawyers say there is insufficient evidence to support the charge and will appeal within the 20-day deadline. Moradi has been in detention since the summer of 2023.