Iran: protests

According to the spokesman of ALO are in Ahwaz-city (Ahwaz/Khuzestan) wednesday January 2nd, three Ahwazi, who were sentenced to death, executed.

Their names are:


Ahmad Moramazi (35) married with two children, nephew of Vice-President ( Dhr Rasoul Mazrae ) from ALO " Ahwaz Liberation Organization.
Sayed Abdulhousein Harbi Maashour city.
Housein Asakra (35) married with two children.

On the website from BAFS is a letter which was sent to Louise Arbour , High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations on behalf of the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation.
This letter concerns torture and death of captured demonstrants who participated October 12 at a demonstration in Hamidieh. That day some 100 people were arrested and the Ministry of Information and Security has refused to divulge any information on their whereabouts or the charges against them.
Recently some of the families were told to collect the dead bodies of their family members from morgues in the barrack of Army 92nd Division. Reports say that they have died under torture. Their names are as follows:
Ghaiban Obidawi, a laborer, 38, married with four children. He was killed under torture. His fingers on both hands were cut off and his eyes were partially gouged out, according to his family. His body was found in Karoon River on December 12, 2007.
Ali Chaldawi, 23, food vendor. He was killed under torture in Ahwaz on 9 December 2007. His body was retrieved in an alleyway in Ahwaz City on 11 December 2007. His body has many visible torture marks, including severed fingers and the removal of toe nails.
Ali Obidawi (Sawari), 37, Taxi Driver, married with two children. There has been no trace of him since his arrest in October. The government has not provided any information despite his family's repeated requests. His family and other local sources believe he died under torture.
Yousef Lefteh-pour, 24, single, a resident of Hamidieh. There has been no trace of him since his arrest in October. The government has not provided any information despite his family's repeated requests. His family and other local sources believe he died under torture in Sepidar prison in Ahwaz.
Ahmad Saedi (Marmazi), truck driver, 23 , married. The Ministry of Information and Security has not provided any information to his family despite his family's repeated requests. His family and other local sources believe he died under torture.
Walid Naisi, 50, married with five children, a manager of the Eshragh Bookstore and Cultural Center in Ahwaz City. He was arrested along with some 50 employees of Eshragh in October 2007 on suspicion of selling Arabic literature . The Ministry of Information and Security has not provided any information to his family despite his family's repeated requests. His family and other local sources believe he died under torture.
Saleh Ameri (aka Ahmad Jazeyeri), former secretary general of Ahwaz Liberation Front, which was dissolved after 1979 Iranian revolution, is reportedly still undergoing severe torture in Ahwaz. He is 76 years old and has not been politically active for over 28 years.



Maryam Hosseinkhah and Jelveh Javaheri, internet journalists and woman's right activists are released from Evinprison.
They were released January 2nd, after their bail was reduced to some $5,000. Originally, a court in Tehran had demanded some $105,000 for Hosseinkhah’s bail and around $50,000 for Javaheri. While in prison they continued with their activities in support of women, but focused this time on female prisoners in Evin.They managed to collect and contribute 60 books to the women’s library at Evin prison. They also wrote about the condition of female prisoners and the impact of discriminatory laws and their contribution to women’s criminality and incarceration.
The news of their release (Farsi).



According to state broadcaster IRIB Iranian security forces killed five drug smugglers and seized 1,900 kg of narcotics.
The clash between Iranian forces and drug traffickers happened near the city of Jiroft on Thursday night, in the southeastern province of Kerman.



In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl