Concerns Raised Despite Iranian Government Denial of Mass Execution in Ahwaz

Despite the denial of the governor of Khuzestan and a member of the National Security Commission of the execution of 22 Ahwazi activists -in connection with the attack on the military parade- concerns continue about “secret executions “- which is in fact not unprecedented in Ahwaz.

Gholam Reza Shariati, governor of Khuzestan, told "IRNA" that “the news is false.”

Adding that there are charges against the prisoners, but these information should be detained from the judiciary.

However, the families of the defendants are still concerned about the possibility that the detainees may be  forced to confess under torture in the Ministry of Intelligence's secret detention centers, as there are many similar examples in the past years where Ahwazi Arab activists were killed under torture or executed following forced confessions. What mainly raises our concern in AHRO is that the detainees are subjected to vague and unfair judicial process without the right to acquire independent lawyers.

The Ministry of Intelligence had previously released a video of the arrest of these 22 people claiming they “supported or were involved" in the military attack and allegedly they were arrested in a house in which "explosives, military equipments and communication devices“ have been discovered and confiscated.

Although ISIS announced the responsibility for the attack, security forces and the Revolutionary Guards have raided various districts of Ahwaz and other Arab cities in the past two months, and over 800 people among them women, the elites of Ahwazi Arab community, cultural activists, and ordinary citizens were arrested as a result.

The Ahwaz Human Rights Organization,  calls for transparency and fair trials for these 22 defendants and other Ahwazi detainees and calls on judicial authorities to allow all detainees the right to visit their families.

Ahwaz Human Rights, while condemning these mass executions and forced confessions  that are a result of torture and trial behind closed doors, calls for the involvement of legal entities, in particular, the UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Javaid Rahman, to conduct an independent inquiry into the matter

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Last Updated: 27 November 2018

Iranian Authorities Arrest 600 Ahwazi Arabs in the aftermath of Ahwaz Military Attack

According to local sources following the recent mass arrests in southwest of Iran more than 600 Ahwazi Arabs were detained, including political and cultural activists in addition to a number of women and ordinary citizens.
Below is the name of some of the detainees most of whom are from Ahwaz, Muhammarah (Khoramshahr), Abadan and Khafajiah (Susangerd) cities.

1. 1. Fayez Afrawi, 30 years old, from Alboefri village in Khafajiyah, and his mother.
   2. Mohammad Amin Afrawi, 37 years old, from Alboefri village in Khafajiyah, and his mother.
   3. Abbas Moghaminemi, 26 years old, from Hijaya village in Khafjayeh
   4. Morteza Bayteh Sheikh Ahmad, son of Nasser, 24 years old, from Khafjayeh city
   5. Morteza Moghinami, 22 years old, from Hijaya village in Khafjayeh
   6. Arif Moghinami, 27, from Hijaya village in Khafjayeh
   7. Mohammad Mohammadi (Abyat) 22 years old from Hamidiyeh
   8. Qassim Ka'bawi (Ka'bī), 24, from Hamidiyeh
   9. Mohammad Amouri, 26, who was arrested instead of his brother, from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   10. Naeem Heydari, 24, from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   11. Aref Ghazlawi, son of Honoun, from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   12. Kazem Ghazalavi, the son of Honoun, from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   13. Ali al-Haya (Haya'i) from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   14. Shakir Sawari from Mallashya (Ahwaz) 
   15. Seyyed Qasim Mousavi from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   16. Fazel Shamsi from Mallashya (Ahwaz)
   17. Danial Adil Amjad, 43, Married, from the Mashalei neighborhood city of Ahwaz
   18. Jasem Khorashat, 45, from the Alawi neighborhood (Hay al-Thawra)
   19. Jamil Heydari, 33 years old, from Campolou district of Ahwaz
   20. Majid Heydari, 25, from Campolou district of Ahwaz
   21. Ahmed Hamri, 29, Bachelor, Married, Mandli district, Ahwaz City
   22. Sayyed Jasem Rahmani (Musawi), 33, married, and has three children from Alavi district, city of Ahwaz
   23. Majid Chaldawi, son of Saadoun, from Alavi district, city of Ahwaz
   24. Sayyid Hammoud Rahmani (Musawi from Alavi district, city of Ahwaz
   25. Ali Svari, 23 years old, son of Khafas from Aziziyah city of Ahvaz
   26. Hatam Rider, from Alavi district, city of Ahwaz
   27. Seyyed Sadegh Nazari (Abu Bubil), 70, from Al-Kuhkah (al-Safi) Ahwaz
   28. Sajjad Silavi, 25, from Al-Koukhah (Al-Safi) Ahwaz.
   29. Qays Ghazi from Mellat district
   30. Reza Betrani, 33, son of Haj Mohsen, of Kot Abdullah, has two children.
   31. Majed Sawari
   32. Ali Ghazi Sawari
   33. Mohammad Sabah Sawari
   34. Ali Mezbani Nasr
   35. Karim Mojadam, 38, father of four, from Islamabad, Kot Abdullah.
   36. Mohammad Amin Hasebawi, 30, son of Hajj Mouhiy from Kot Abdullah.
   37. Syd Jassem, 35, father of three, from Souisse village, owner of a cafe located on the Ahwaz-Abadan road.
   38.Abbas Saki, son of Mrawah, from Hiwazah.
   39.Abbas al-Saki son of Abd-ali Sharān from Hiwazah.
   40.Abo-Shaellan Saki from Hiwaazah.
   41. Ja'far Hazbawi, 28, son of Inied, father of two, from Kot-Abdullah al-Sadeh.
   42. Ahmad Hazbawi son of Abdullah, 28-year-old, father of two children from Kot Abdullah al-Sadeh.
   43.Farahan Shamosi from Mallashya
   44.Aghil Shamosi from Mallashya
   45. Lami Shamosi from Mallashya
   46.Hadi Abu Salam Ebidawi from Mallashya
   47.Maher Massoudi from Mallashya
   48. Mukhtar Massoudi from Mallashya
   49. Jader Afrawi from Mallashya
   50. Jalil Mousavi from Mallashya
   51. Sadegh Mousavi from Mallashya
   52. Abbas Bedwi from Mallashya
   53.Javad Hashemi from Mallashya
   54.Ali Heidari Sha'eq from Mallashya
   55.Abdoullah Silawi from Mallashya
   56. Reyad Shamosi from Mallashya
   57.Semir Silawi from Mallashya
   58.Ali Mazrah from Mallashya
   59.Faris Shamosi from Mallashya
   60. Adil zuhairi from Mallashya
   61.Sadiq Silawi from Mallashya
   62.Milad Afrawi from Mallashya
   63. Khalid Silawi from Mallashya
   64. Khalil Silawi from Mallashya
   65. Jamil Silawi from Mallashya
   66. Shani Shamosi from Mallashya
   67. Arif Naseri 30-year-old - Kot Abdullah Ahwaz
   68. Mousa Mazrah - Abu Hemitha Village
   69. Mahdi Mazrah - Abu Hemitha Village
   70.Ahmad Souidi Hajia Village 
   71. Adnan Mazrah - Khafajieh
   72.Miss. Lamia Hamadi - Khafajieh
   73. Fayez Afrawi from Alboefri village
   74_Hassan Harbawi from Al-Faghiyeh.
   75_Jumil Ahmadpur (Al-Haya)
   76_Andan Abidaway
   77-Ramin Bachari, from Muhilah in Ahwaz
   78. Omid Bachari, from Muhilah in Ahwaz
   79. Aziz Hamidawi, from Muhilah in Ahwaz
   80-Mahmoud Doraghi, from Muhilah in Ahwaz
   81-Abofarugh Shajirat, from Muhilah in Ahwaz

The authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran , through arbitrary arrests are attempting to exploit the armed attack on the parade of the armed forces in Ahwaz which took place on September 22 of this year and justify the suppression of Arab citizens in Iran . This widespread wave of arrests occurs despite the fact that ISIS claimed the responsibility for the attack. 

By carrying systematic arrest and spreading intimidation among Arab society, Iranian security forces are attempting at distorting the truth about the growing dissatisfaction of the Arab people against the discriminatory politics of the central government.

Ahwaz Human Rights Organization (AHRO) condemns these arrests and calls for an immediate and unconditional release of detainees.Moreover, it warns against potential physical and mental torture to obtain compulsory confessions from detainees.

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Last Updated: 22 October 2018