The Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R) confirms the transfer of several Ahwazi Arab citizens arrested during violent dawn raids on July 20 in the Mandali district of Ahwaz to Sheiban Central Prison. The raids, conducted by Ministry of Intelligence forces, terrorized families and children, resulting in arrests based solely on the detainees' Sunni religious affiliation.
Confirmed identities of Mandali detainees:
* Saeed Obeidawi (25 years old)
* Hassan Chenani (Abu Arkan) (38 years old)
* Jafar Shamousi
* Ismail Obeidawi (35 years old)
Systemic Non-Acquittal and Financial Extortion Since 1925:
Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R) emphasizes a crucial historical and legal fact: Since the occupation of Ahwaz in 1925, Iranian authorities have never granted a genuine, absolute acquittal to any Ahwazi political or religious prisoner, even when innocence is fully established. Instead, authorities keep detainees under perpetual "conditional release" while seizing their properties and demanding exorbitant bail guarantees from their families. This tactic serves as a deliberate policy of economic impoverishment and continuous intimidation.
Violated International Legal Frameworks:
* International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR):
* Article 9: Absolute prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention.
* Article 14 (2): Presumption of innocence and prohibition of perpetual conditional release without due process.
* Article 18: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
* International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD):
* Article 5 (d-v): Right to own property and protection against arbitrary confiscation.
* Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR):
* Article 17: Protection against arbitrary deprivation of property.
A.O.H.R demands the immediate release of the Mandali detainees, the cancellation of all conditional release restrictions, and the return of hypothecated properties to Ahwazi families.