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** Ahwaz Revolutionary Court sentences nine Arab women to a total of 45 years in prison **

** Khalaf Daghagheleh, a prisoner held in Sheiban Prison in Ahwaz, dies following a stabbing attack **

** Ahwaz Revolutionary Court sentences nine Arab women to a total of 45 years in prison **

** Khalaf Daghagheleh, a prisoner held in Sheiban Prison in Ahwaz, dies following a stabbing attack **

** Ahwaz Revolutionary Court sentences nine Arab women to a total of 45 years in prison **

** Khalaf Daghagheleh, a prisoner held in Sheiban Prison in Ahwaz, dies following a stabbing attack **

Prisoners & Executions

Executions

Hashem Shabani Nejad (Amori)

Age: 32

Marital Status: Married

Residence: Khalafiya (Ramshir)

Charges: Enmity with God; Act against national security; Corruption on earth

Method of Death: Execution - hanging

Mr. Hashem Shabani, from Khalafiya (Ramshir) in southern Ahvaz, was 32 years old, married and had a daughter. In
addition to his wife and daughter, he was also the head of his poor family……

Prisoners

Hamzeh Sawari Laftah

Age: 36

Marital Status: Single

Residence: Ahwaz

Charges: Acting against national security, moharebeh (“enmity against God”), and “corruption on Earth”

Hamzeh Savari Laftah is an Ahwazi Arab political prisoner in Iran who has been incarcerated since 2005, when he was 16 years old. He comes from an Arab-majority region of Khuzestan Province (Ahwaz) in southwestern Iran, where ethnic Arabs have long faced discrimination and repression.