Stop the Execution of Iranian Arabs

Many Arab prisoners are held in security detention centers in the province of Khuzestan. Ethnic and religious minorities are marginalized through systematic discrimination and are particularly targeted by Iranian authorities. The Arab minority in Iran - Ahwazi Arabs - is one of the most vulnerable in the country.

The Ahwazi Arabs are an indigenous ethnic group persecuted by successive Iranian governments. Ahwazi Arabs live in Southwest Iran in a region that was once known as 'Arabistan'.
Despite the fact that their traditional lands represent 90% of Iranian oil revenues, two thirds of Ahwazi Arabs live in poverty. To prevent any threat, the Iranian government subject them to a mixture of Persianisation, forced migration, violent political repression and economic exclusion. Ethnic Ahwazi Arabs are demanding collective rights, including the redistribution of oil revenues, an end to forced displacement, equal labour rights, environmental protection and cultural freedom.

The death penalty in Iran—particularly executions carried out in public—are used as a tool to spread fear in society and promote a culture of violence among the population.

- The Association for the Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran