Asti Mohammadi, a 67-year-old Kurdish woman from Bukan, has been held incommunicado for more than two weeks. Her family still has no clear information about her condition or place of detention.
Security forces reportedly surrounded her home with several military vehicles. They entered the house and arrested her in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.
Asti Mohammadi is the mother of Kowsar Fattahi, a senior member of the leadership of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Human rights reports suggest that her arrest forms part of wider security pressure on the families of Kurdish political activists.
Concerns for her health and safety have increased. Asti Mohammadi is an older woman, ill, and in need of medical care. Continued lack of information about her condition puts her at serious risk.
Her case shows how Iranian authorities use family pressure to silence political activists. Arresting elderly and ill family members deepens fear and expands punishment beyond the individual activist.
Hiwa Life calls for urgent attention to Asti Mohammadi’s case. Iranian authorities must immediately reveal her place of detention, clarify her legal status, guarantee access to medical care, and allow her family to contact her.
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