April 1st, 2013

Friday prayer leader attacks Iran’s treatment of Ahwazi Arabs


 The prayer leader appealed for improved water supply for farming, which is the main source of livelihood for many Ahwazi Arabs in the area. He criticised the mismanagement of water

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March 27th, 2013

Teenage Ahwazi Arab’s body found in the Karoon River


Pictures of Maitham Hamid Abidawi’s corpse show that his hands were bound behind his back and his feet were tied together. A rescue team was deployed and allegedly found other

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March 13th, 2013

Canada: Iranian peoples’ hopes for a democratic future continues to be suppressed


These blatant violations are in direct contravention of Iran’s obligations with respect to the UN charter and other international obligations. Iranian peoples’ hopes for a democratic future also continue to be suppressed; Iran’s upcoming

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March 13th, 2013

EU sanctions against Iranian hanging judges and regime propagandists


Morteza Kiasati, judge of Branch 4 of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, was among nine individuals added to the list of Iranians facing sanctions over human rights abuses. He imposed death penalties on Taha

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March 12th, 2013

AHRO Director speech in the 22 Session of UN Human Rights(Geneva)


 

According to a detailed report published by the Middle East Association, the rate of unemployment in Iran is 12% while the real figure is more than that. During the last few months,

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March 11th, 2013

Iran claims “bribery” over human rights report


 The Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said: “Since the very first day that Mr. Ahmad Shaheed was introduced as the United Nations

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March 10th, 2013

Hundreds of Ahwazis demonstrate in Brussels against executions



Protesters voiced their support for the hunger strike by six Ahwazi prisoners of conscience, five of whom are facing the death penalty and one a 20 year sentence for their involvement in Arab cultural activities.

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March 9th, 2013

Khosrow Kurdpour arrested in the Kurdish city of Mahabad


 His brother, Masoud Kurdpour, also journalist and human rights activist, confirmed his arrest and stated that the arrest was due to his

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March 8th, 2013

Ahwaz: confirmed the most polluted city on Earth


Ahwaz City’s measure of air-born particulate matter (PM10) is 372 ug/m3, which is a third more than the world’s second-most polluted city, Mongolia’s 

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March 2nd, 2013

As April Ahwaz protest season approaches, regime steps up executions and arrests


 Nineteen Ahwazi Arabs were arrested for possession of “illegal weapons” in raids on a number of residential homes, according to Ahwaz Deputy Attorney General Farzad Farhadi. The arrests were carried out in the

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