Siran Aghaj

Siran Aghaj is a citizen of Turkey. When she arrived in Iran, she was arrested by IRGC agents and sentenced to long-term imprisonment.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='63949'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42587/'> According to HRANA, around this date, he was arrested by security forces in Urmia upon entering Iran and was taken to IRGC detention center. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63950'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-50856/'> According to HRANA, Farhad Mohammad Shamami and Siran Aghaj were sentenced to 10 years in prison each by the second branch of the Urmia Revolutionary Court in a joint case. According to this report, the sentence was reduced to seven years and six months of imprisonment. Considering that the punishment for the charge of membership in illegal groups, the subject of Article 499 of the Criminal Code, is a maximum of five years, it is likely that their charge of sedition (membership in a rebel group) was the subject of Article 288 of the Criminal Code. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63951'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-50856/'> According to HRANA, Farhad Mohammad Shamami and Siran Aghaj are serving their sentences in Urmia prison. According to this report, Mr. Shamami is kept in Ward 2 of this prison, which is mainly the place where the prisoners of 2022 nationwide protests are kept, and Ms. Aghaji is kept in the women's ward of Urmia prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>