The AlAhwazi human rights organization in an urgent news reported the government of Iran has issued a death sentence for two AlAhwazi prisoners, while the third prisoner named Salman Chayan AlKaebi was sentenced to an exile for a 25 years prison term in the City of Yazd.

The second division of Iranian Revolutionary court at the city of AlAhwaz in an unjustifiable and closed court session headed by Judge Mohammad Bagher Mousawi sentenced the two Arab AlAhwaz citizens to death with the charges of the enmity with god and his messenger the prophet Mohammad, and a breach to the Iran’s national security.

The sentences were approved a few days ago in an unjustifiable and closed court session for the following AlAhwazi prisoners:

1- Ali Chebishat (AlKaebi) was sentenced to death for the charges of the enmity with god and his messenger the prophet Mohammad, and also the breach to the Iran’s national security. The prisoner was born on October of 1966 and is married with nine children, a residence of the Kaeb Khalaf Almoslem village on the district of Shoosh city. He was arrested after a raid on his house by a group of masked men working under the authority of Iranian Intelligence service.

2-Seied Yasin Mousavi was sentenced to death for the charges of the enmity with god and his messenger the prophet Mohammad, and also the breach to the Iran’s national security. He is 34 years old, married with two children and his home was also raided on November 11^th, 2012 and transferred to an unknown location by the Iranian security forces.

 3-Salman Chayan(AlKaebi) was sentenced to a 25 years prison term in the city of Yazd , about 842 kilometers away from the city of AlAhwaz. He is 32 years old, married with one child and a member of the Youth Cultural Foundation. He was a residence of the Kaeb Khalaf Almoslem village on the district of Shoosh city. He had also previously served a 2 years prison term for his cultural heritage activities.

The sources have added that the families of the prisoners have been verbally informed of the verdicts by the court, but still have not received any official and written confirmation of the sentence.

The numerous attempts to provide a defense lawyer for the prisoners have not been successful and the Iranian authorities have refused such request by the families of the prisoners.

The prisoners were all arrested on November 11^th, 2012 during a raid on their homes by the unknown masked men under the authority of the Iranian Intelligence Service at the Kaeb Khalaf Almoslem village on the district of Shoosh city. The prisoners were immediately transferred to unknown prison locations by the Iranian Intelligence Services of the city of Shoosh with no visitation rights to see their families and children.

The English language Press TV of Iran on Wednesday June 26^th, 2013 broadcasted a forced confession by the three prisoners to their crimes; the prisoners had previously rejected their charges made by the Iranian government during their court appearance. The court judge Mohamad Bagher Mousavi sentenced two of prisoners to death and a third prisoner to a 25 years prison term in the city of Yazd.

The three prisoners have been on a hunger strike since July 4^th, 2013, in a protest to their sentence and are facing serious physical and psychological torture while being prevented from having a defense lawyer or any visitation rights.

The E.U. in a decision on March 12^th, 2013 had approved new sanctions against two of the Iranian Justice officials for their human rights violations, and includes the freeze of their bank accounts and restrictions against their travels rights to the E.U. Countries. The Iranian Justice officials are Judge Mohamad Bagher Mousavi the chairman of the Revolutionary court’s second branch and also Judge Morteza Kiasaty in charge of the Revolutionary court’s fourth branch.

The AlAhwazi human rights organization condemns the holding of such non-public courts sessions and the unjustifiable sentences for the three AlAhwazi prisoners. We are also demanding all the humanitarian organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations and most importantly the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Human Rights Commission of the E.U. Parliament for their urgent actions in order to pressure and prevent the Iranian government authorities from such unjustifiable verdicts in order to save the lives of the innocent AlAhwazi prisoners.

The two AlAhwazi prisoners sentenced to death on Monday were transferred to the AlGhanitereh prison few hours ago.

The AlAhwazi Human Rights Organization (A.H.R.O.)