Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish humanitarian worker and woman human rights defender, was arrested on 4 August 2023 and later sentenced to death by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court in July 2024 on charges of “armed rebellion” and “membership of opposition groups,” despite her documented peaceful social work with refugees in Syria. Her trial was plagued by serious due‑process violations including coerced confessions under torture, denial of legal counsel and family visits, and lack of transparency in proceedings. In January 2025, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence, ignoring UN experts’ pleas that her case did not meet the “most serious crimes” threshold required for capital punishment under international law. While in Evin Prison’s women’s ward, Azizi was subjected to solitary confinement, with restricted access to lawyers and family, and punitive new charges.