Five Tajik women are sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism in Iraq who were member of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IG). On this January 31, provided the Embassy of Tajikistan in Kuwait and Iraq Zubaidullo Zubaydzoda.

According to the Tajik diplomat, the verdict of the court against Sadorat Zhurbonova, Maftuna Madzhidova, Gulrukhsor Aliyeva, Gulbahor Sayfulloeva and her daughter Mahfuza Kurbonova was announced on Thursday. A representative of the Embassy of Tajikistan in Iraq was also present in the courtroom.

Maksuda Jahbarova was postponed - representatives of the court failed to find a translator from the Uzbek language. The women, a native of Penjikent, have two children.

According to official data, in Iraq, 43 citizens of Tajikistan were convicted under different laws (from 16 years to life imprisonment) on charges of terrorism.

Tajik authorities reported that many of the Tajik women sent their husbands to Syria and Iraq under duress. According to official data, over 400 Tajik women and children were in the Middle East.

After the liberation of many cities in Syria and Iraq from the UN and Syria. About 1900 citizens of Tajikistan took part in the hostilities in Syria and Iraq, the fate of many is unknown at the moment.

"The Qazaq Times"