28 Apr 2019
The Ahwazi Organization for the Defense of Human Rights (AODHR) condemns the arrests and repression by the Iranian regime against volunteers in cultural groups and public relief committees, working to help those affected by the floods in Ahwaz. Ahwaz people suffer from the Torrential torrents, that were made by the Iranian regime, which unlocked –on purpose- the gates of water channels and destroyed the dams to make the water flow heavily towards the land of Ahwaz Arabia, which is located in the south west Iran, AODHR said in a statement. The organization deplores the disgraceful rol
28 Apr 2019
Ahwaz Organization for the Defence of Human Rights (AODHR) condemned the arrest campaign carried out by the Iranian regime forces in Ahwaz's capital city of Ahwaz in an effort to silence people, suppress freedoms and terrorize citizens. The organization said in a statement that it is following with a great concern the raids of the Iranian regime's forces on the Ahwazis' houses in Ahwazi villages and cities, to grab citizens from amidst of their loved ones, without any charges. AODHR documented the arrest of four citizens by the Iranian intelligence in the capital, Ahwaz, since January. T
28 Jan 2019
Iranian regime's practices should be curbed by international community Assassinations against the Iranian regime's soldiers and officers are a natural outcome of its authoritarian and repressive policies as well as seizing the people's lives and resources. On Friday evening, a resistance group carried out a military operation against the regime in Ahwaz. The operation, carried out in Ras Al-Mina (Sar Bandar) city in Ahwaz shows the level of popular discontent due to the regime's practices amid schemes to seize the resources of non-Persian people, on top of them comes the Ahwazis incl
24 Jan 2019
Ahwazi rights groups have reported that Iranian authorities have transferred two Ahwazi activists previously sentenced to death to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran, with activists warning that this means their execution is imminent. The two Ahwazi men, 36-year-old Abdullah Abdullahi [Karamullah Ka’ab], a married father of three from the Shawur district of Susa [ known as Shush in Farsi], and 31-year-old Qassim Beit Abdullah (Kaabi) from the village of Kaab Beit Allawi, were sentenced to death in October 2017 on charges of ‘enmity to God’ and ‘corruption on Earth’ over their alleged membersh
31 Dec 2018
Can Ahwazi workers survive Iranian regime's repression through international laws? All international charters and conventions on human rights have guaranteed the right to demonstrate since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) issued by the United Nations in 1948, which are essential source of legislation. According to Article 20 of UDHR, everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association". Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights stipulates that "The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized". Yet Article 15 of the Internat
16 Nov 2018
AHWAZ from August 2018 to the present time The Iranian authorities have severely suppressed the rights of freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, as well as freedom of religion and belief, and imprisoned dozens of people who have expressed their opposition to the policy of the Iranian regime. Iranian trials against Ahwazi were systematically unfair. Torture and other ill-treatment were widespread and committed with impunity. Discrimination, persecution and violence based on gender, political opinion, religious belief and race carried out by the Iranian regime. Dozens of peo
08 Oct 2018
The extra-judicial arrest of Ahwazi activists by the Iranian security forces constitute a serious and systematic crime of harassing, intimidating and spreading fear among Ahwazi people. This practice cannon be justified under any circumstances, including the state of emergency. This is because the right to freedom and security of individuals is one of the most fundamental rights guaranteed under the international human rights law. The state of Iran is not unique, nor excepted from respecting this right for its citizens. Currently, Ahwazi local residents are living under the jurisdiction of
03 Oct 2018
Considering the deadly armed attack against the Iranian military parade in Ahwaz on 22 September 2018, one may raise a question about the cause of such attack upon the Iranian regime's power in Ahwaz region. [1] There is a maxim saying that one cannon rule people without observing neither justice nor equality among all peoples. Thus, discrimination and inequality can only fuel tension and frustration among the deprived people. The ruling power in Ahwaz is alien and extra-territorial, lacking support or any base among local resident of the region. They are strangers in terms of their ethnic ba
27 Sep 2018
On 21st September 2018, the Ahwazi Organization for the Defence of Human Rights held an event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in collaboration with the Arab Organization for Human Rights. The talks focused on the situation of human rights in Ahwaz, covering different aspects of the violations perpetrated against Ahwazi children, women and men. The meeting shed light on the deterioration on the environmental arena caused by discriminatory policies of the Iranian state in the region of Ahwaz. At the meeting, Mr Nabil Abdelhafiz, Representative of the Human Rights Ministry in Yemen, p
26 Sep 2018
Ladies and gentlemen, As I address you today, I would like to shed light on the violation perpetrated against the rights of Ahwazi women and children in Iran. Gender inequality in Iran in general, and in Ahwaz in particular, remains a serious problem, leaving women and girls in a poor standard of living and vulnerable to constant abuse and violation of their rights. The applicable laws in Iran do not provide them with the proper protection. Still, the Iranian state is reluctant to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women [1] and to recognise th