Ghazaleh's deadline to leave Denmark: 21 October 20265 days leftAct now
Urgent · Denmark to Iran

Ghazaleh

must not be sent back to Iran.

Denmark has refused Ghazaleh protection and told her she must leave for Iran by 21 October 2026. In 2025 Iran executed more women than in any year for over two decades, and the UN has found that women held by its security forces have been raped and tortured.

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days leftuntil her deadline to leave Denmark
Portrait of Ghazaleh, a woman with long dark hair, looking directly at the camera.
Ghazaleh. We use only her first name, for her safety.
Why this is urgent

Iran is not safe for her.

These figures come from the UN and from the organisations that monitor Iran most closely.

1,639

people executed in Iran in 2025, the most since 1989.

Iran Human Rights & ECPM, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

48

women executed in 2025, the highest number in more than twenty years.

Iran Human Rights & ECPM, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Crimes against humanity

The UN's finding on the January 2026 crackdown. In 2024 it found the same of the rape and sexual violence used against detained women.

UN Fact-Finding Mission, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · UN, 2024 (opens in a new tab)

Denmark knows the danger

In January, Denmark stopped sending people back to Iran. In August, it started again.

In January 2026, as Iran's security forces crushed nationwide protests, Danish authorities paused asylum decisions for Iranians and postponed their deadlines to leave, citing the situation in Iran.

In August, the Refugee Appeals Board lifted that pause for about 108 people who had already been refused, even though executions in Iran were continuing. Ghazaleh is now facing removal.

We are asking Denmark to restore the pause, and not to send Ghazaleh back.

EUAA, Jan 2026 (opens in a new tab) · Ritzau, Sep 2026 (opens in a new tab)

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