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VOA Kurdish: Kurdish cities in Iran strike over death sentences for 2 Kurdish women


FILE - This undated photo of Pakhshan Azizi is circulating on social media on July 24, 2024. The Iranian Kurdish civil activist has been sentenced to death.
FILE - This undated photo of Pakhshan Azizi is circulating on social media on July 24, 2024. The Iranian Kurdish civil activist has been sentenced to death.

Businesses in several Kurdish cities in Iran went on strike Wednesday after Kurdish groups called for a protest against the death sentences of two female political prisoners. Six Kurdish groups released a joint statement urging people to stage a strike on Wednesday to prevent the executions of Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi.

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