Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr D. Khatynoghlu / Deportation of Turkey’s political refugees while mass executions are still happening in Iran, threaten their lives. “It would be wrong,” the chairman of the World’s Iranian Refugee Federation, Farshad Hosseini, said from the Netherlands.
On 22 August, five Iranian refugees – Seyyed ali Alemzadeh, Abolfazl Ajorlu, Alireza Ranjbar, Mojtaba Vatanpour Naderiani, and Pejman Piran applied to the police department of the Turkish city of Van for registration of special refugee status. However, they were informed that they would be deported, according to the websites Iranpressnews and mediaforum.
The number of Iranian refugees arrested by the Turkish Government is available from the federation. However, it is not known whether they were deported to Iran. The federation is investigating this issue, Hosseini reported.
“Along with the expansion of political and economical relations between Turkey and Iran, a bilateral agreement on exchange of political refugees will possibly be signed,” the human rights activist said.
A number of Turkey’s opposition forces found political asylum in Iran. In the same way Iranian anti-governmental forces are given refuge in Turkey. “Despite the government denying the exchange of refugees, it not difficult to suppose Turkey and Iran are discussing this issue,” Hosseini said.
According to Hosseini, despite Turkey signing the European Convention on Human Rights, deportation threatens the lives of political refugees. He believes the deportation of political refugees to Iran is illegal.
Four of the deported refugees are members of the Mashrute party which struggles for the restoration of the monarchy in Iran, according to the website Akhbare-rooz.
Seyyed ali Alemzadeh and Abolfazl Ajorlu were subjected to serious psychological and physical torture in Tehran’s Evin prison.
Alireza Ranjbar and Mojtaba Vatanpour Naderiani had also been jailed before emigrating.
On 22 August, five Iranian refugees – Seyyed ali Alemzadeh, Abolfazl Ajorlu, Alireza Ranjbar, Mojtaba Vatanpour Naderiani, and Pejman Piran applied to the police department of the Turkish city of Van for registration of special refugee status. However, they were informed that they would be deported, according to the websites Iranpressnews and mediaforum.
The number of Iranian refugees arrested by the Turkish Government is available from the federation. However, it is not known whether they were deported to Iran. The federation is investigating this issue, Hosseini reported.
“Along with the expansion of political and economical relations between Turkey and Iran, a bilateral agreement on exchange of political refugees will possibly be signed,” the human rights activist said.
A number of Turkey’s opposition forces found political asylum in Iran. In the same way Iranian anti-governmental forces are given refuge in Turkey. “Despite the government denying the exchange of refugees, it not difficult to suppose Turkey and Iran are discussing this issue,” Hosseini said.
According to Hosseini, despite Turkey signing the European Convention on Human Rights, deportation threatens the lives of political refugees. He believes the deportation of political refugees to Iran is illegal.
Four of the deported refugees are members of the Mashrute party which struggles for the restoration of the monarchy in Iran, according to the website Akhbare-rooz.
Seyyed ali Alemzadeh and Abolfazl Ajorlu were subjected to serious psychological and physical torture in Tehran’s Evin prison.
Alireza Ranjbar and Mojtaba Vatanpour Naderiani had also been jailed before emigrating.
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