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Roozonline - New Ways Sought to Implement the Death Penalty

Roozonline - More than 280 People Arrested in Khuzestan Province

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center - Iran is home to many different ethnic minorities, including Azeris, Kurds, Baluch and others.  One minority that resides in the southwest of the country, and particularly in Khuzestan province, is a sizable Arab ethnic minority with distinct linguistic and cultural practices.  Referred to as “Ahwazi Arabs”—in reference to Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan, where many Arabs reside—this group has endured discrimination on account of their minority ethnicity under successive governments in Iran. The discovery of oil in Khuzestan at the start of the 20^th century made it a region of interest to the central government in Tehran. However the local population claims that resource diversion and discriminatory practices by the Iranian government against Ahwazi Arabs in the academic and professional sphere has resulted in economic, political, social and cultural marginalization from Iranian mainstream society.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - The judicial orders for imprisoned lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh, charged with “illegal border exit with the intent to act against national security,” have changed from “ceased prosecution” to “guilty” without notice, causing him to remain in prison even after serving his initial sentence on separate charges.

The Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - An Orumiyeh Penal Court found a Kurdish political prisoner guilty last week of murdering two Revolutionary Guards members, though no evidence, witnesses, nor confessions were presented in the case, a local activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The prisoner, Ali Ahmad Soleiman, had previously completed a six-year prison term on political charges but had not been released.

CNN - URGENT ACTION! Iranian Political Prisoner Dr Khazali On Hunger Strike, Near DEATH--How YOU Can Help

The Guardian - Mohammad Javad Larijani was responding to a UN report expressing concerns about persecution of Iran's gay community

UN News Center - An independent United Nations expert today voiced serious concern about the general situation of human rights in Iran, pointing to “widespread and systemic” torture, as well as the harassment, arrest and attacks against human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists.