Iran: Criminal orders to execute three Arab minority political prisoners; call to save their lives

of the religious fascism ruling Iran has condemned to death three young political prisoners from Hamidiyeh of Ahwaz (southern Iran). The names of these prisoners, from the Arab minority, are Qais Obaidavi, 25, B.A. in Law, his 20-year-old brother Ahmad Obaidavi, and their cousin Sajjad Obaidavi, a law student. They are charged with so-called “Moharebeh (enmity against God)” and “corruption on Earth.”

In order to intensify the atmosphere of intimidation, especially among the Arab minority, the mullahs’ inhumane regime has announced in advance that these prisoners will be hanged in public. Since the time they were arrested, these inmates have faced severe tortures and pressures in solitary confinement at the detention center of Ahwaz Intelligence.

In fear of the Hamidiyeh people’s reaction to this criminal order, the mullahs’ regime has forced the families of these prisoners to leave their homes in Hamidiyeh.

The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations, its member states, and international human rights organizations to condemn these inhumane orders and to take immediate measures to save the lives of these political prisoners. Political and economic relations with this regime should be conditioned upon the improvement of human rights in Iran, especially a halt to executions. Otherwise, in the midst of a growing number of executions, any relations with and assistance to the religious fascism ruling Iran has no meaning other than persuading it to continue and intensify the gross and systematic violation of human rights in Iran.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

June 25, 2016

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/human-rights/20578-iran-criminal-orders-to-execute-three-arab-minority-political-prisoners-call-to-save-their-lives