Land confiscation and house demolition in Ahwaz
A report byMahdi Hashemi In the past week, the Iranian central government announced the confiscation of over 40,000 hectares of land from Arab farmers in the Jufair area of western … Read More
Category: Human Rights
Execution of Habib Chaab: UK Foreign Secretary’s statement
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has issued a statement following the execution of Swedish-Iranian dual national Habib Chaab by Iran I am appalled at news the Iranian regime executed Swedish-Iranian dual … Read More
Extrajudicial killings of civilians continue in Ahwaz
PADMAZ- Iran security forces killed extra-judicially the Ahwazi intellectual, Jaafar Shejairat, in Boroomi district in Ahwaz on Thursday 17th February 2022. This Ahwazi activist was shot by Iran security forces … Read More
The speech of the representative of Ahwazi Source in UN session
The speech of the representative of the Ahwaz Source organisation in the UN 14th session for minorities issues in Geneva. The speech is as following: On behalf of Ahwazi Source … Read More
Mass Ahwazi demonstrations against imposed drought by Iran
PADMAZ- Thousands of Ahwazi people have demonstrated, today 15th July 2021, in several cities and villages across Ahwaz in protest to the ongoing imposed drought by Iran. According to sources … Read More
Ahwazi protesters: we demand water now
Ahwazi protest against Iran’s hydro projects and policies which have dried out rivers and marshlands and destroyed agriculture and Ahwazi villages, today 10th July 2021 in front of the Iranian … Read More
Mass die-off of fish in Howaiza marshland
PADMAZ- During the last three days and due to the imposed drought by the Iranian regime water securitized policies, vast areas in Ahwazi facing life threatening environmental conditions. In hot … Read More
Official attempts for confiscating lands of an Ahwazi village
PADMAZ- The Natural Resources Organization, as an agricultural project, has handed over the lands of the pastures around the village of Magtou to fisheries, and an affiliate of the Khatam … Read More
Arrest of a teacher from Ahwaz
PADMAZ- According to Ahwazi human rights activists, at one o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Iranian security forces raided the home of Falah Heydari, a prominent Ahwazi … Read More
The brutal murder of an Ahwazi man under torture in front of his son
PADMAZ- An Ahwaz man was killed in front of his son under the brutal torture of Iran’s security agents. According to Ahwazi Human Rights activists, an Ahwaz young man named … Read More