Security forces in Iran’s Khuzestan Province have arrested nineteen Iranians from the Sunni Arab minority, a human rights source reported on Tuesday.
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Rights group speaks up for Iranian-Arabs on death row
Human Rights Watch has called on Iran to stop the execution of Arab activists within its borders, announcing that five activists are currently in danger of imminent execution.
Trial of Ahwazi Arabs raises concern
Amnesty International reports that six members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority will go on trial on May 20 amid fears that they will not receive a fair trial and may face the death penalty for the charge of “enmity against God.”
Green Coordination Council condemns clampdowns on Iranian Arabs
GVF — Ardeshir Amir-Arjomand, a top advisor to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, has condemned the violent clampdowns in Iran’s Arab-majority Khuzestan Province.
Iranian regime arrests 10 Sunni Iranian Arabs in Khuzestan for unknown reasons
Freedom Messenger – A group of Sunni residents of Ahwaz were arrested in the past few days by security forces and were transferred to an unknown location.