Teenage Ahwazi killed

A 15-year-old Ahwazi Arab boy, Morteza Alsoweidi, was shot down during a demonstration against the actions of security services on 12 April. Alsoweidi was killed by Colonel Chabok Sawar as he joined local people in protesting against the destruction of Arab houses in the area where he lived with his family. He lived in the village of Al-Chenebah in the Sayed Mousa area. Extrajudicial killings of Ahwazi Arabs are at least as frequent as official…

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amori and nevied

Seyed Zia Nabavi, a member of the Committee to Defense the Right to Education, was return to Karoon prison following a month interrogation by the Iranian Intelligent Service. Nabavi has been in prison since June 2009. He was transferred to The Intelligent office in Ahwaz on 5th March 2013 after searching his personal belongings in Karoon prison he was then returned to the Intelligent Service for further interrogations.

Nabavi has been under pre…

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number of arrests of Ahwazi

The number of arrests of Ahwazi Arabs continues to climb amid a crackdown on dissent ahead of the eighth anniversary of the 2005 Ahwazi intifada. Teacher Mohammad Amara Moramazi was arrested on 27 March in Al-Houwayzeh (Hoveizeh), according to local sources. This week, Ali Gharbawi and Ali Moramazi were arrested in Khafajiyeh (Susangerd) and their whereabouts is unknown.

Meanwhile, the Ghenaidrah (Dezful) revolutionary court has convicted thre…

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ahwazi refugee

Three year old Ahwazi Arab boy Moustafa Khaled Bayt Lofteh died as a result of severe thirst as his family attempted to flee persecution in Iran for refuge in Australia via Indonesia, according to the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz. The captain lost navigation for five days during which the passengers exhausted the water and food on board. They were eventually rescued by Australian authorities.

Moustafa's father is an Arabic teacher fr…

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mohammed amori

Below is a translation of a profile of Ahwazi Arab cultural activist and UNHCR-registered refugee Mohammad Ali Amouri who is on hunger strike while waiting execution by the Iranian regime. It is written by someone very close to Amouri.

Mohammad Ali Amouri was born 17 February 1978 in Mohammarah

During the Iran-Iraq war his family fled to Alkhalafieh until 1998 when he was offered a place to study fisheries at the Industrial University of Isfa…

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Ghazi Heidari

Mr. Ghazi Heidari, an Ahwazi Arab engineer and leading human rights and cultural activist has had his jail term extended by five years to 15 years following allegations that he was involved in leaking a video appeal from Karoun Prison that embarrassed the Iranian regime. Heidari will now spend his jail sentence in Shiraz and is not set for release until 2024. However, friends and relatives fear he will not survive the full term due to the s…

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Nabavi and Amoori

Prominent Iranian student movement leader Sayed Zia Nabavi was return to Karoon prison this week following a month-long interrogation by Iranian intelligence.

Nabavi has been in prison since June 2009. While in Karoon Prison, he met and befriended Ahwazi Arab activist Mohammad Ali Amouri, who is currently facing execution for "enmity with God". Both Nabavi and Amoori have been held in solitary confinement and tortured. Their experiences have br…

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hojat alsam

In a daring sermon conducted in front of senior government officials, Hojat Aleslam Sari Asl spoke of the resistance of Arab tribes in Dasht-e-Azadeghan (Alkhafajeyeh) against British invaders and the sacrifices Arabs made during the Iran-Iraq War. However, in spite of the loss of life suffered by the population they were not getting their fair share of government assistance and officials had betrayed their promises to develop the region.

He sa…

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ahwazi arrested2

The Supreme Court has been confirmed the death sentence of FiveAhwazi Arab political detainees who were arrested by the Intelligent Services (Ettelaat) in 201. The verdict has been decided by Judge Sayed Mohammad Bagher Mosavi, the Head of Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz on 7th July 2012. The Ahwazi Arabs charged with "enemy with God" (Moharebeh), corruption on earth and activities against national security.

Mohammad Ali Amouri Nej…

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