“GEGHARD”
SCIENTIFIC ANALYTICAL
FOUNDATION
2025
2025
There have been frequent discussions about the mysterious suicides and deaths of soldiers in the Azerbaijani army. Parents of the killed servicemen and opposition members have repeatedly raised the issue of a phenomenon that the Azerbaijani authorities are carefully trying to conceal. The "organ business," the illegal sale of internal organs of soldiers, has penetrated the Azerbaijani armed forces.
In 2012, Azerbaijani media reported the deaths of 97 Azerbaijani servicemen. Of these, 22 committed suicide, 13 were killed by their fellow servicemen, 17 died in 'accidents,' 14 died from illnesses, and so on. In response to these incidents, protests took place in Baku.
Many Azerbaijani experts have raised concerns about suspicious deaths in light of the alleged 'transplantation' business. Surkhan Latifov, one of these experts, attempted to investigate the source of donors for this criminal enterprise. According to Latifov, "the Azerbaijani army is a potential base for the illegal sale of organs, given that it includes young people with medical records, who are potential donors for criminal groups.
Kifayat Asgarova, the mother of Farviz Isgandarov, who died under mysterious circumstances, also testifies about organ trafficking in the Azerbaijani army. She claims that the organs of the deceased servicemen are being sent to Turkey and Iran. Jahan Isgandarov, Farviz's father, further asserts that the sale of organs is widespread in Azerbaijani military units. According to the father, his son was a signaller and was killed because he was aware of numerous cases of organ removal. The mother of the deceased serviceman expressed concern about the possibility of her son's organs being removed after his death, especially given that it occurred during a ceasefire.
Farviz Isgandarov was not the only serviceman in the Azerbaijani army to fall victim to the Aliyev family's 'business'. Orkhan Aliyev, 19, who served in the Naftalan military unit No. 157, was another soldier who died while on duty. Orkhan Aliyev's father noted that his son had no health issues. The goal of those who killed him was to remove his organs from the military unit within 1.5-2 hours and sell them.
In 2013, media reported about Ceyhun Gubadov's death. Although the official version presented Gubadov's death as a result of heart failure, photos of the deceased serviceman's body with signs of violence circulated on social media, raising suspicions. The 19-year-old deceased serviceman's mother, in turn, claimed that her son was intentionally killed by being beaten.
It is evident that the thriving organ trade in Azerbaijan has extended its reach to the army. For years, soldiers serving in the Azerbaijani army, who are predominantly from poor families, as evidenced by the facts, have been victims of this horrific policy of the Aliyev regime.
It should be noted that these cases are the tip of the iceberg. Information about similar crimes only surfaces when public outrage occurs. Many more incidents remain unreported.