sirvan foroutan letter - farsi
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This is a letter written by Mohammad Sirvan Foroutan, an Iranian activist against the Islamic Republic regime and a member of Komala's Peshmarga. As of Tuesday 26 April 2011, he is at imminent risk of illegal deportation to Iran by the government of Sweden. His case number is 10859037 and his deportation is set for 5 May 2011. English translation and request for action included.TRANSCRIPT
M I S S I O N F R E E I R A N h t t p : / / m i s s i o n f r e e i r a n . o r g | I C R I R h t t p : / / i c r i r . o r g
This is a letter written by Mohammad Sirvan Foroutan, an Iranian activist against the Islamic Republic regime and a member of
Komala's Peshmarga. As of Tuesday 26 April 2011, he is at imminent risk of illegal deportation to Iran by the government of Sweden.
His case number is 10859037 and his deportation is set for 5 May 2011. English translation and request for action follows.
To whom it may concern,
My name is Mohammad Sirvan Foroutan, born on June 25, 1977 in Mariwan, Iran. I was under persecution [by the Islamic Republic]
since 2004, as a result of being exposed while disseminating flyers published by Komala (Kurdistan Organization of the Communist
Party of Iran). My colleague was arrested and I managed to flee to the other side of the border into Iraqi Kurdistan and join the
Peshmarga organization of Komala (Komala Peshmarga forces are the armed forces fighting against the Islamic Republic since 1979,
which, at the moment and since the establishment of the Kurdistan Regional Government, due to diplomatic relations and other
concerns, do not engage the Islamic regime's armed forces inside Iran). I was shot at by accident and hit during military training and
lost my right eye.
I eventually left Iraq to go to Turkey, then to Greece, and then from there to Sweden; I have been living in Sweden for the past 4
years. I have applied for political asylum, and my application has been rejected. I was arrested by the Swedish police 45 days ago and
have been detained since. My deportation is planned for 5 May 2011.
As a political activist I have resumed my activities even here in Sweden and in connection with Komala.
TAKE ACTION: Write to the Swedish Migration Office and demand an immediate halt to deportation of Mohammad Sirvan
Forutan, an activist against the Islamic Republic and member of Komala's Peshmarga. URGENTLY write to the Swedish Migration
Office and Foreign Ministry at: [email protected] and [email protected]