IRAN WATCH CANADA

Tuesday, September 18, 2007



News in brief-
The wave of new execution in the city of " Ahwaz" !
"Ahwaz" is a city in the southern part of Iran and its population are predominantly Iranian Arab. It is close to the port city of Abadan which is near Kuwait in the Persian Gulf .
The human rights organization of Ahwaz in an urgent letter to UN and all human rights organizations requested to send their protest letters to Islamic Republic to stop the wave of public executions which has reached to 15 .
Recently three Arabs from the city of Ahwaz were executed and for the record their names are :
1- Mr. Abdolreza navaseri - 34 years old fro the city of Ahwaz
2- Mr. Mohammad Ali Savari - 38 years old and a teacher - he is married with four childeren
3- Mr. Jafar Savari - 23 years old and student
With this three execution the number of Iranian Arab political and human rights activists executed by The regime in the last 12 months reached to 15 people.
The allegation and charges against them were : Changing their religion from Shiite to Sunni , propagating the "Wahabi religion" and placing bombs in the oil industries .Their trial took only one day without defense lawyer.
After the arrest in year 2000 , Mr. Abdolreza Navaseri was sentenced to 35 years in prison and he was serving his term when the regime executed him.
Ms. Sarah Leah Whitson. the ED of the HRW for Middle East and North Africa said: "One of the surprises of the judiciary system in Iran is that, a person who is serving his sentence in the prison is being charged for the bombing outside the prison and this clearly shows the arbiterary sentencing."
The people of Ahwaz protested to the execution of this three Iranian -Arabs in the city of Ahwaz .
The 20 years old Mehdi Navaseri the brother of Mr. Abdolreza Navaseri was also executed together with 17 years old Mr. Ali Audeh Afravi on March 2006 .
Past public execution in the city of Ahwaz:
On February 14, 2007
1- Mr. Ghasem Salami 41 years old, married with 6 childeren
2- Mr. Majed Albughabish , 30 years old and single
On December 19, 2006
1- Mr. Malek Bani- tamim
2- Mr. Abdolah Soleymani
3- Mr. Ali Motavarizadeh
On November 13, 2006
The forced video confessions of the 11 Iranian -Arabs of Ahwaz was aired from the national television. The execution of these people was delayed due to the protests by International human rights organizations and European Parliament.But according to prosecutor of the city of Ahwaz Mr. Pirani these people will also be executed.
On June 8, 2006
Ahwaz court of revolution anounced , 35 Arabs from the city of Ahwaz including three brothers
were sentenced to death and according to Ahwaz prosecutor these people will also be executed in the future.

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