According to The Ahwaz Human Rights organization (AHRO) sources reported that the Iranian security forces and the revolutionary guards continue their unprecedented wave of arrests against young Arabs in Ahwaz and other Arab cities, with the number of arrests reaching 800 people including five women, civil society activists and regular citizens.
The names of the women detained are: Amena Thahiri Sari (23), Nassima Sawari (65), Lamia Hamadi (21), Zawdiya Afrawi (55), and Qaisiya Afrawi (60).
The arrests happened in a number of cities including Ahwaz, Muhammarah, Abadan, Khafajiyah, and Shush.
The Alawi neighborhood in Ahwaz city is being completely besieged by police and security forces since Thursday evening, as reported by local activists.
The wave of arrests started following an armed attack on the military parade that happened in Ahwaz on Sep 22, according to the statement, despite the security authorities announcing the arrest of 22 locals accused of being connected to the attackers whose actions were claimed by ISIS.
The Iranian authorities as in the past exploited similar attacks in order to militarize the region and start a new campaign of suppression , which includes executions, and arrest of political and peaceful cultural activists to eliminate the occasional demonstrations against the government's discriminatory policies and racism against the Arab people.
The Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) while reaffirming its condemnation of all forms of violence and terrorism, reiterates its firm position of principle of peaceful and democratic activity, strongly condemns the systematic state terrorism practiced by the Iranian government against the Ahwazi people and all peoples in Iran.
AHRO calls on the international community, organizations and bodies, especially those under the umbrella of the United Nations, to condemn these arrests and to exert all their humanitarian efforts to stop these mass arrests and violations of human rights and to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from succeeding in its plans to eliminate the voices calling for social justice.
The local sources of Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) reported that the mass arrests in Ahwaz city and other cities in Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran, continued and more than 600 Ahwazi Arabs were detained, until this report of 30 Oct 2018. The people that were detained included political and cultural activists as well as a number of women and ordinary citizens.
At the end of the article the names of some of the detainees are mentioned, most of whom are from Ahwaz, Muhammarah (Khoramshahr), Abadan, Falahiya (Shadegan), Khafajiah (Susangerd).
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 22th of this year and justify the suppression of Arab citizens in Iran. This widespread wave of arrests occurs despite the fact that IS claimed the responsibility for the attack. While the authorities admitted in 24 September 2018 that 22 people were arrested for alleged links to the perpetrators, local activists and sources confirmed that the number of detainees has exceeded 600 in the past two months including women, activists, intellectuals and ordinary citizens.
While the details of the attack which the terrorist organization” IS ( Daesh)” has claimed responsibility for, and those behind it remain unclear, there is a growing skepticism about the involvement of the government, especially the IRGC intelligence apparatus, in complicity in this attack for political reasons related to internal and external crises. Read it again, this is quite unclear.
The authorities have been carrying out a massive campaign of intimidation in the province of Ahwaz, which has been witnessed since the beginning of this year following the peaceful protests in Ahwaz and all over Iran. Protests were focused on pressing demands such as expensive and scarce drinking water, unemployment, dust storms, the spread of pollution and the transfer of water out of region. The Iranian government as in the past exploited similar attacks in order to militarize the region and start a new campaign of suppression , which includes executions, and arrest of political and peaceful cultural activists to eliminate the occasional demonstrations against the government's discriminatory policies and racism against the Arab people. The Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) while reaffirming its condemnation of all forms of violence and terrorism, reiterates its firm position of principle of peaceful and democratic activity, strongly condemns the systematic state terrorism practiced by the Iranian government against the Ahwazi people and all peoples in Iran.
The Iranian government attempts to link every internal movement with foreign conspiracies in order to justify repression and escape from the entitlements of the masses demanding their rights, which includes stopping government spendings on regional wars and expansionist ambitions and the protection of their rights to freedom and decent living.
On the background of such a situation the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) , while condemning the repressive practices and arrests carried out by the Iranian authorities, declares that it stands by the Arab Ahwazi detainees and warns against the consequences of torturing them to earn forced confessions, as the Iranian security services have always practiced.
It also calls on the international community, organizations and bodies, especially those under the umbrella of the United Nations, to condemn these arrests and to exert all their humanitarian efforts to stop these mass arrests and violations of human rights and to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from succeeding in its plans to eliminate the voices calling for social justice.
Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) calls for an immediate and unconditional release of detainees. Moreover, it warns against potential physical and mental torture to obtain compulsory confessions from detainees.
Human rights activists have not been able to monitor all the names of the detainees because many families fear retaliation by the Iranian authorities and do not disclose the news of the detention of their children. The following is a list of 172 detainees confirmed by local sources:
Ahmad Amin Ghezzi( Qays Ghezi), researcher and cultural activist from Ahwaz city
Saeed Ali-Raza Nazari 63 years old,from Al-Safi neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Sajad Silawi,25 years old, from Al-Safi neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Jawad Badawi,26 years old, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Shani Shmosi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Khalil Silawi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Jamil Silawi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Sadegh Silawi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Fares Shamosi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Mazrah from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Samir Silawi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Riaz Shamosi from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Heydari ,Shayea’s son, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Yousef Khasrgi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Jawad Hashemi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali-Raza Deris ,from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Maher Masodi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Riaz Zahyri, from Shahrak-Aahwaz neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Khaled Silawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mokhtar Masodi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Albaji, from Albaji village, arrested in Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mohammad Masodi,from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Jader Afrawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Aghil Shamosi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Saeed Jalil Mosawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Aisa Badawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Hadi Abidawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Saeed Sadgh Mosawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ahmad Heydari, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Milad Afrawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Aadel Zahyri, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Abdolah Silawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Abas Badawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mohsan Badawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Farhan Shamosi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mohamad Amori, 26 years old, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Naeem Heydari 24 years old, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Araf Ghazlawi, Hanon’s son, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Kazam Ghazlawi ,Hanon’s son, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Alhyee, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Shaker Sawari 29 years old, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Saeed Ghasam Mosawi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Fazal Shamosi, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Sohrab Mojadam,27 years old, from Darwishiah, Kot-Abdolah, Ahwaz city
Karim Mojadam, from Kot-Abdolah
Jafar Hazbawi, 28 years old, Aneed’s son, from Kot-Abdolah
Ahmad Hazbawi, 28 years old, from Kot-Abdolah
Araf Naseri ,30 years old, Aeedan’s son, from Kot-Abdolah
Osameh Temas, 26 years old, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ahmad Temas,28 years old, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mohamad- Moamani Temas, 55 years old, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Saeed Jasem Rahmani(Mosawi), 33 years old, from Alawi(Hai-Althawra) neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Majed Kaldawi, Sadon’s son, from from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Saeed Hamod Rahmani(Mosawi), from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Hatam Sawari, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Jasam Kroshat, 45 years old, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Nori Neissi, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Hossein Heydari, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Adnan Sawari, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Mohammad Heydari,25 years old, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Majed Sawari, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Ali Sawari, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Mohammad Sawari, Sabah’s son, from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Ali Mazbani-Nasr(Sawari), from Alawi neighbourhood (Hai-Althawra), Ahwaz city
Ahmad Kroshat, Kazam’s son, from Ahwaz city
Jafar Aobidawi, from Zahireh(Goldasht) neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ahmad Bawi, from Zahireh(Goldasht) neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Shejairat (Abo-Farogh), from Amoelha, Ahwaz city
Mahmod Dorghy, from Amoelha, Ahwaz city
Aziz Hamidawi, from Amoelha, Ahwaz city
Amoid Bachari, from Amoelha, Ahwaz city
Ramin Bachari, from Amoelha, Ahwaz city
Jamil Ahmad-Pour, from Azizeh neighbourhood(Kheshair), Ahwaz city
Fahad Neissi , from Shahrak-Ahwaz, Ahwaz city
Jamil Heydari, 33 years old, from Kampolo, Ahwaz city
Majed Heydari, 25 years old, from Kampolo , Ahwaz city
Ahmad Hemri, 29 years old, bachelor , from Mandali neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Ali Sawari, 23 years old, Chaseb’s son , from Azizeh neighbourhood(Kheshair), Ahwaz city
Danial Adel Amjad, 43 years old, from Mashali neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
Mosa Mazraeh, from Abo-Hmaza , Khafajeh city
Abdul-Rahman khasreji, 32 years old, from Kot-Saeed-Naeem,Khafajeh city
Mahdi Mazraeh, 22 years old, Aziz’s son ,from Abo-Hmaza , hospital employee, Khafajeh city
Ahmad Swedi, from Hajeh village , Khafajeh city
Adnaan Mazraeh , from Khafajeh city
Mrs Sahba(Lamia) Hamadi, from Koi-Abozar neighbourhood, Khafajeh city
Hassan Harbawi, from Khafajeh city
Ali Swedi, from Hajeh village Khafajeh city
Faiz Afrawi, 30 years old, Married from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh, he arrested with his mother
Mohammad-Amin Afrawi, 37 years old, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city, he arrested with his mother
Abas Moghinami, 26 years old from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
Mortiza Bit-Sheikh-Ahmad,24 years old, Naser’s son, from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
Mortiza Moghinami , 22 years old, from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
Aref Moghinami, 27 years old, from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
Hamdan Afrawi, Abas’s son, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
Amir Afrawi, Fazel’s son, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
Ali Afrawi, Hamad’s son, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
Mohammad Mohamadi( Abiat), 22 years old, from Hamidiyeh city, arrested with plastered feet
Ghasem Kabi(Kabawi), 24 years old, from Hamidiyeh city
Mahdi Saedi, 27 years old, from Hamidiyeh city
100.Lami Shamosi, from Hamidiyeh city
101.Aadel Afrawi, from Hamidiyeh city
102.Mahdi Koti, from Hamidiyeh city
103.Ali Koti, from Hamidiyeh city
104.Satar Koti, from Hamidiyeh city
105.Ali Mansori, from Hamidiyeh city
106.Ali Saki, Amrawah’s son, from Howeyzeh city
107.Abas Saki, Abad-Ali, from Howeyzeh city
108.Abo-Shalan Saki, from Howeyzeh city
109.Khazal Temimi(Fazeli),30 years old, from Shiban area, Ahwaz city
110.Ali Sawari,30 years old, Sahi’s son, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
111.Mostafa Sawari,25 years old, Sahi’s son, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
112.Khaled Abidawi, 25 years old, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
113.Abas Heydari, 23 years old, from Shakareh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
114.Mortza Amiri, from Darwisheh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
115.Yasin Amiri, 23 years, from Darwisheh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
116.Sadegh Heydari,28 years old, Ghasem’s son, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
117.Jalal Nabhani, from Ameri neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
118.Khaled Hazbawi, 40 years old, married, from Kanteks( Majd) neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
119.Mohammad Hazbawi, 30 years old, Abdul-Karim’s son, from Kanteks( Majd) neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
120.Raza Batrani, 34 years old, from Kanteks( Majd) neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
121.Tareq Amiri, 24 years old, from Darwisheh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
122.Jamal Mojadam , 25 years old, from Darwisheh neighbourhood, Kot-Abdolah
123.Mosa Mazraeh, 25 years old, Studying in university, from Khafajeh city
124.Rashid Kroshat, from Mandely neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
125.Hakim Kroshat , Manan’s son, from Ahwaz city
126.Mrs Zodeh Afrawi, 55 years old, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
127.Mrs Qaisiah Afrawi, 60 years old, from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
128.Jawad Mahnapour(Afrawi), from Al-Boafri village, Khafajeh city
129.Ali Moghinami, from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
130.Hossain Hamodi( Sabhani),25 years old, from Azizeh neighbourhood (Khashair), Ahwaz city
131.Yahiah Borwieh, from Ahwaz city
132.Naji Salimy( Kabi), Salman’s son, from Bit-Mahmed village, Shush city
133.Yahiah Salim, Naji’s son, from Bit-Mahmed village, Shush city
134.Azim Shawerdi, Abed’s son, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
135.Ibrahim Shawerdi, 31 years old, Kanan’s son, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
136.Khaled Albokhanfar, Saed’s son, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
137.Ahmad Shawerdi, 24 years old, Abdoljalil’s son, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
138.Mahdi Shawerdi, 17 years old, Hasan’s son, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
139.Adnan Khanafreh, from Khanafreh village , Falaheh( Shadegan) city
140.Moslem Farajolah, married, from Shushtar city
141.Anwer Ashory, 26 years old, Derchal’s son, from Bit-Ashor village, Falaheh(Shadegan)
142.Mohamad-Raza Jalali,26 years old, Hasan’s son, from Koi-Abozar, Khafajiah city
143.Rahim Amin-Por ( Heydari) ,from Zaheriah( Goldasht), Ahwaz city
144.Mahdi Aobidawi, 25 years old, from Khafajeh city
145.Mostafa Jalali, 29 years old, married, from Khafajeh city
146.Loghman Sharafi( Khasraji), married , from Tasfeh area, Ahwaz city
147.Yousef Marawna , 18 years old, Aasi’s son, from Malashiah neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
148.Abdolah Haiati , Kazam’s son , from Saeed-Khalaf neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
149.Nader Haiati , Kazam’s son , from Saeed-Khalaf neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
150.Mostafa Basirey , Azat-Alah’s son , from Kyan-Abad neighbourhood , Ahwaz city
151.Kazam Sayahi , Faleh’s son , from Hamidiyeh city
152.Mansor Askari , from Koi-Alawi, Ahwaz city
153.Yahia Aobidawi , 28 years old, from Hamidiyeh city
154.Ghasam Aobidawi , 26 years old , from Hamidiyeh city
155.Jafar Aobidawi , 28 years old , from Hamidiyeh city
156.Hassan Bit-Said , 30 years old, from Hamidiyeh city
157.Ali Mazraeh , 29 years old , from Hamidiyeh city
158.Adel Zabi , from Koi-Alawi neighbourhood , Ahwaz city
159.Araf Abiat , from Koi-Alawi neighbourhood , Ahwaz city
160.Nader Sharifi , 50 years old, from Malashiyeh neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
161.Najem Heydari , 30 years old, from Koi-Alawi neighbourhood , Ahwaz city
162.Rasoul Chaldawi , 27 years old, from Koi-Alawi neighbourhood, Ahwaz city
163.Saeed-Fahad Alawi , 24 years old , Abolhail’s son, from Shawoor , Shush city
164.Abdul-Hamid Kanani , 25 years old , from Shawoor, Shush city
165.Amin Solimani , 27 years old, Naser’s son , from Shawoor, Shush city
166.Mohammad Aobidawi , 26 years old, Aisa’s son , from Shawoor , Shush city
167.Walid Haiawi , 28 years old, Mahmod’s son, from Shawoor , Shush city
168.Hassan Berisam ( Kanani), 24 years old, from Shawoor , Shush city
169.Jasem Ghanami Sowidi , 27 years old, Married , from Hajeh village, Khafajeh city
170.Halim Sawari , 46 years old, from Khafajeh city, arrested with two of his children
171.Aghil Sawari, 20 years old, Halim’s son , from Khafajeh city
172.Raza Sawari , 17 years old, Halim’s son , from Khafajeh city
