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Iran: Arab separatist hanged, three more on death row

February 1, 2008  

Prominent Iranian Arab separatist Zamel Bavi was hanged on Thursday in Ahwaz prison in the predominantly ethnic Arab province of Khuzestan on the Persian Gulf.

Three other separatist militants, Saiid Saki, Ali Mazraa, and Abdullah al-Mansouri await execution.

Bavi, Saki, Mazraa and al-Mansouri were convicted of ‘armed insurrection’ as were four other Iranian Arabs executed on 30 December.

Source: AKI News, 31 January 2008

Also read:

  • Ahwazi: Detainees Remain on Death Row, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), 1 February 2008
  • Ahwazi: EC Urges Fair Trial, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), 10 January 2008

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  • Amnesty International Maastricht: “We want to see Al-Mansouri”
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