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FIVE ARAB MEN AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
Five members of Irans Ahwazi Arab minority, including three brothers, their cousin and another man are at imminent risk of execution in public , after t heir death sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court. The sentences may be intended to deter Ahwazi Arabs in Iran from demonstrating on the 15 April anniversary of protests held in 2005 .
The three brothers, Abd al-R ahman Heidari , Taha Heidari and Jamshi d Heidari, their cousin Ma n sour Heidari and Amir Muawi (or Mo av i ) were arrested in April 2011 in Ahvaz, during unrest taking place across Irans south-western Khuzestan province. Since their arrest, their whereabouts have not been disclosed to their families. On or around 5 March 2012, Ministry of Intelligence officials informed their families that the Supreme Court had upheld death sentences against the five men, after they were convicted of the killing of at least one individual, said to be a law enforcement official, on 15 April 2011. The Ministry of Intelligence also told the men's relatives that they would be executed in public in the next few days. It is not known when their initial trials took place or if they had any legal representation. Confessions extracted under duress are frequently accepted as evidence before courts in Iran.
Document - Iran: Five Arab men at imminent risk of execution | Amnesty International
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Iran is trying to eradicate the Arab community one by one for no other reason that they are Arabs.