Iran: Further information: Kurdish man at risk of execution in Iran

Index Number: MDE 13/009/2010
Date Published: 21 January 2010
Categories: Iran

Habibollah Latifi, a male member of the Kurdish minority in Iran, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Sanandaj prison, Kordestan province, northwestern Iran. The transfer to solitary confinement is often an indication that an execution is going to take place within days. Another Iranian Kurdish man, Sherko Moarefi, remains on death row at Saqqez Prison in Kordestan province.