An action was held in Zurich for Zara Muhammedi, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison accused of threatening national security for teaching Kurdish in Iran's Kurdistan province.

Nujin Association Social and Cultural Committee member Zara Muhammedi was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Iranian state for teaching students Kurdish in the city of Sine. Her sentence was reduced to 5 years in February 2021. Zara Mohammedi was arrested last week.

Representatives of institutions from four parts of Kurdistan, including Zara Muhammedi's family members, held an action at Helvetiaplatz together with representatives of Swiss non-governmental organizations.

Making a speech here, Zara Muhammedi's sister, Kani Muhammedi, called for Zara's release as soon as possible.

Kani Muhammedi said: “Zara devoted herself to the Kurdish language and continued to give lessons in the courses she ran for 12 years, with determination. We repeat here that we are proud of Zara's determination.”

Kamran Resuli, director of the Iranian Democratic Party (KDP-I) said that the campaign for her release had reached its goal and crossed international borders.

Ali Şimşek spoke on behalf of the Swiss Kurdish Language Institute. Referring to the attacks on the Kurdish people, language, identity and culture by the regimes in four parts of Kurdistan, Şimşek underlined the importance for Kurds to protect their own language and identity against all attacks.

The action ended with songs and poems sung for Zara Muhammedi.