Srveh Pourmohammadi, a Kurdish language instructor and active member of the NGO Nojin, has been taken into custody to begin serving a five-year prison sentence. She was transferred to the women’s ward of Sanandaj Central Prison—referred to by state institutions as a “Correction and Rehabilitation Center.”

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Saturday, April 19, 2025, 36-year-old Srveh Pourmohammadi was summoned to the Sentence Enforcement Office in Sanandaj and subsequently arrested. She was then transferred to the prison to serve her five-year sentence.

Pourmohammadi had originally been sentenced to ten years in prison by Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Karami, in November 2023. She was convicted on charges of “forming a group with the intent to disrupt national security.”

However, the Court of Appeals later reduced the sentence to five years of suspended imprisonment. The final verdict was officially issued to her on Tuesday, November 25, 2024.

Srveh Pourmohammadi was initially detained on Sunday, January 29, 2023, after going to the Sanandaj courthouse to follow up on the cases of other detained members of the Nojin association. She was arrested by state forces at the courthouse.

After two weeks in detention, she was released on bail on February 13, 2023, pending the conclusion of legal proceedings.

Source: Hengaw