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Tag : khuzestan

March 13, 2023

Another Abducted Dissident Sentenced to Death in Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Habib Farajollah Chaab After Show Trial Three Foreign Dissidents Have Been Abducted and Sentenced to Death in Iran ...

October 12, 2022

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September ...

June 9, 2022

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in ...

May 26, 2022

85 Lawyers Call on Iranian Government to Respect Right to Protest

In an unprecedented display of unity in defense of the Iranian people, 85 lawyers from Iran have signed an open letter calling on the Iranian government to respect the right to protest. “It is the people’s satisfaction towards ...

May 12, 2022

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international community remains silent, ...

May 9, 2022

Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  

Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted on May 6, have raised ...

February 15, 2022

Crackdown on Labor Activists in Iran

Amid an intensifying campaign of political repression in Iran, state authorities have been summoning, detaining, and imprisoning peaceful labor rights ...

December 8, 2021

Khuzestan Kangaroo Court Sentences Two Protesters to Death, Life in Prison

Abbas and Mohsen Deris, both members of Iran’s ethnic Arab minority in Khuzestan Province, were arrested during the country’s violently repressed November 2019 protests, which broke out across the country that month and which saw an estimated 100 protesters killed in Khuzestan alone ...

July 23, 2021

Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests

New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province  July 23, 2021—With security forces in Iran attacking and killing ...

July 19, 2021

Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death

At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by ...

March 4, 2021

Relatives Visit Ethnic Arab Prisoners in Khuzestan Jail Only to Be Handed Corpses Minutes Later

"They Learned of the Executions When the Bodies of Their Children Were Delivered to Them" Ethnically Arab political prisoners Jasem Heidary, Hossein ...

August 4, 2020

Strikes Break Out in Iran’s Critical Oil Industry Amid Continuing Labor Unrest

New Fact Sheet Highlights Widespread Rights Abuses, Protests Likely to Continue August 4, 2020—With workers in Iran’s critical oil refining, petrochemicals and drilling ...

January 17, 2020

Family of Man Killed in Iran’s November Protests: “We Want Justice”

Victim Was Caregiver of Mother, and Brother With Down Syndrome The family of Mohammad Hashamdar, who was killed by a bullet ...

April 3, 2019

US, Iran and EU Must All Take Steps to Ensure International Aid Reaches Iran Floods Victims

US Sanctions and Iranian Mismanagement Preventing Critically Needed Aid April 4, 2019 –The US and EU should immediately take steps to ensure that Iran receives humanitarian ...

January 17, 2019

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated ...

January 4, 2019

Labor Activist Smaeil Bakhshi Tortured by Agents of Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

Held Without Access to Lawyer, Bakhshi Beaten During 25-Day Detention January 4, 2018—The beating and torture ...

December 8, 2018

Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives

Editor's Update: Esmail Bakhshi was released on bail on November 21, 2018, and Sepideh Gholian on December 18. Both were freed on bail. ...

November 19, 2018

Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages

Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding ...

September 24, 2018

Iranian Nobel Laureate Warns Against “State Violence” After Ahvaz Terrorist Attack

Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned against state retaliation against innocent people “in the name of fighting terrorism” following ...

June 6, 2018

Arab Rights Activist Hatam Morammezi Dead After One Year of Detention in Iran

Hatam Morammezi holding his nephew. Family Threatened to Stay Silent About the ...

April 17, 2018

Growing Demands For Apology From Iranian State TV Over Discriminatory Kids Show

At Least 100 People Remain Detained After March 2018 Protests Lawmakers in Iran’s mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have demanded a meeting ...

April 6, 2018

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after ...

April 19, 2012

Widespread Detentions of Ahwazi Activists Mark Anniversary of 2005 Crackdown

Iranian authorities have detained at least 26 people in the city of Ahwaz and its surroundings in the southwestern province of Khuzestan during the weeks leading up to the April 15 anniversary of a 2005 protest and subsequent crackdown. ...

Latest News

  • Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
    Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
    January 30, 2026
  • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
    Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
    January 29, 2026
  • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns ‘Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution’
    UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
    January 26, 2026
  • Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
    Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
    January 23, 2026
  • 30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
    30+ Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Grave Risks to Detainees in Iran Amid Blackout
    January 15, 2026
  • Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
    Exclusive Interview: Physician Treating Protesters in Iran Describes Mass Casualties, Overwhelmed Hospitals
    January 12, 2026
  • Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout
    Grave Concern That State Massacre of Protesters is Underway in Iran Amid Internet Blackout
    January 9, 2026
  • Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals
    Iranian Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Protests with Live Fire, Arbitrary Arrests, and Attacks on Hospitals
    January 6, 2026
  • UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
    UN: Iran Must Stop Execution of 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
    December 28, 2025
  • Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial
    Grave Concerns Over Detainees’ Safety Following Arrests at Slain Lawyer’s Memorial
    December 17, 2025
  • Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer
    Narges Mohammadi and other Activists Violently Arrested at Memorial Service for Slain Lawyer
    December 12, 2025
  • Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
    Over 80 Iranian Lawyers Demand Transparency in Suspicious Death of Human Rights Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
    December 11, 2025
  • UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
    UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and Abuse
    December 3, 2025
  • Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
    Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
    November 25, 2025
  • Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
    Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
    November 13, 2025
  • Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
    Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
    November 6, 2025
  • Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
    Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
    November 3, 2025
  • UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
    UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
    November 3, 2025
  • Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
    Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
    October 27, 2025
  • Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
    Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
    October 23, 2025
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