EXECUTION OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER

ZEINAB JALALIAN IMMINENT

Zeinab, age 27, is from Maku, a city in the far northwest
corner of Iran in province of West Azerbaijan. She was
arrested in May 2008 in Kermanshah and accused of ‘waging
war against God’ (Mohareb) and belonging to the PKK (an
outlawed political organization).

Her “trial,” in which she was denied legal defense, lasted

about 5 minutes, reminiscent of the 1988 mass executions of
thousands of political prisoners. Zeinab was sentenced to
death in that sham trial and the sentence has been upheld.
She has recently been moved to the “enforcement” section
of the prison, signaling impending execution.

Here is 27-year old Zeinab Jalalian’s letter to the world, pleading for help:

Dear Human Rights Organisations:

My name is Ms Zeinab Jalalian (‫)ج الل یان زی نب‬. I am a 27-year-old Kurdish female political prisoner in
prison in Iran. My death sentence was confirmed by the Iranian Supreme Court.

I am currently ill because of torture and I don’t have any lawyer to defend me. I want to tell you that my
trial took only few minutes. The Court told me: “You are an enemy of God. You must be hanged very
soon.” That was the sum of my entire court process. I asked the judge to give me permission to say good
bye to my mother and family before my execution. He told me to “shut up” and rejected my request.

Zeinab Jalalian (‫)ج الل یان زی نب‬

26/11/2009

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TAKE ACTION: SAMPLE LETTER TO NAVI PILLAY, UN High Commissioner of the Office of Human Rights:
Send to: npillay@ohchr.org, urgent-action@ohchr.org, Iran_team@amnesty.org, saneif@hrw.org

Dear Ms. Pillay,

I am writing to you with an urgent request that you intervene with the authorities in the Islamic Republic
of Iran, who are preparing to execute female Kurdish political prisoner Ms. Zeinab Jalalian. Multilateral
organizations such as the UN have thus far refused to step in and put a halt to the criminal actions
perpetrated by the Islamic Republic. You must step in and demand a halt to this and other ongoing
criminal and barbaric proceedings in the Islamic Republic.

Sincerely,
[your name]

[Campaign for Zeinab Jalalian coordinated by Mission Free Iran – http://missionfreeiran.wordpress.com]