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Save four Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey from being deported to the Islamic Republic of Iran

Four Iranian asylum seekers by the names of Seyed Ali Hosseini Mahmood Abadi, Shiva Mohammadi, Shoresh Morady and Gholamreza Khajali, arrested by the Turkish police and now being held at Aydin Detention Centre, in southwestern Turkey, face an imminent risk of deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mr Seyed Ali Hosseini Mahmood Abadi was arrested on Monday 7 February 2022 in the city of Manisa, Ms Shiva Mohammadi was arrested on Tuesday 8 February, also in Manisa, and Mr Shoresh Moradi was arrested on Friday 11 February in Denizli. Mr Gholamreza Khajali has been in detention at Aydin Detention Centre for over two weeks. Furthermore, Ms Shiva Mohammadi has been separated from her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.

The International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) calls on the Turkish authorities to cease their inhuman treatment of Iranian asylum seekers and respect their rights and dignity. These asylum seekers must be freed immediately. In particular, the illegal and inhuman separation of Ms Shiva Mohammadi from her daughter is utterly reprehensible, and Ms Mohammadi must be freed and reunited with her daughter as a matter of urgency. These asylum seekers have been opponents of the Islamic regime of Iran, and their lives would be in danger if they were to be returned to Iran.

The International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) is in possession of a number of videos, where these asylum seekers speak about the ill treatment they have suffered, and where they call on international organisations and human rights bodies to come to their help. We are publishing these videos for the attention of the public, and to raise awareness about their current plight and the imminent dangers they are facing.

We must not allow the Turkish authorities to secretly return these asylum seekers to their persecutors in Iran. We must take urgent action to save them.

Yours truly,

International Federation of Iranian Refugees

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