Shirin Alam Hooli

Shirin Alam Hooli was born in the village of Gheshlagh near the city of Maku in Iran. She was arrested in May of 2007 by the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran. She spent the first 25 days of her imprisonment in an unknown location under brutal physical and psychological torture. After that she was scheduled to be transferred to Section 209 of the Evin Prison. However, her poor condition due to the torture she received prompted authorities to first transfer her to Evin’s medical clinic. After she was released from the medical clinic, she was sent to Section 209 where she was held in solitary confinement and subjected to more brutal torture for another six months. Shirin Alam Hooli was later transferred to the women’s ward in Evin Prison. She was pressured to make a televised confession, which she refused to do, but was still sentenced to death on Mohareb (Enemy of God) charges. Authorities claimed that she was a member of an illegal Kurdish organization despite their failure to produce any evidence against her. She was executed along with other Kurdish political prisoners on May 9, 2010 in Tehran.