Hebibullah Letifi, a Kurdish student from East Kurdistan (Iran), faces the death penalty.

Following pleas from the Kurdish people and civil society organisations the death sentence imposed on Hebibullah Letifi was postponed, but according to his lawyer, Salih Nikbext, the death sentence could be implemented at any time, and called on international human rights organisations to step up their campaign to halt the execution.

According to the Kurtpa website, Letifi's sister told Iranian media organisations that her brother's execution could happen at any time.

In Jail since 2007

26-year-old Hebibullah Letifi has been in Sine prison since 2007 after being accused of aiding PJAK. A revolutionary court imposed the death sentence on Letifi on 12 August 2008 and in October 2009 he was put in solitary confinement.

The Iranian authorities informed Letifi's lawyers on 14 December 2010 that he would be executed. The decision was announced when then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in Istanbul attending an economic cooperation summit. KCK Executive Council Chair Murat Karayılan called on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution. After strong reactions from Kurds the death sentence was halted.   

A Kurd executed in Urmiye

According to the Iranian 7 news agency, a 25-year-old Kurd by the name of Yunis Bapiri was executed yesterday in Urmiye prison. He had been in prison for 6 years after being convicted of murder. No news is available regarding the fate of two other Kurds, Slam Rezayi and Heyder Shiri, who were sentenced to death along with Bapiri.