المنظمة الأحوازية لحقوق الإنسان - Security Escalation: Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights Condemns the Bloody Crackdown in "Qal'at Kanaan," Capital of Ahwaz, and Demands Urgent International Intervention

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Statement by the Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R.)

Security Escalation: Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights Condemns the Bloody Crackdown in "Qal'at Kanaan," Capital of Ahwaz, and Demands Urgent International Intervention

The Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R.) is closely and gravely monitoring the security deterioration, severe violations, and field executions committed by the Iranian authorities against the Arab people of Ahwaz, amid systematic suppression, media blackouts, internet shutdowns, and a stringent police state atmosphere.

In this context, intelligence apparatuses of the Iranian regime launched violent raids and bloody crackdowns on March 8, 2026, in the "Qal'at Kanaan" district, located in the capital of Ahwaz. This resulted in the martyrdom and injury of several Arab citizens, alongside the arrest of at least 14 Ahwazi Arab individuals who remain in arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance within intelligence detention facilities.

Martyrs and Withholding of Bodies

The A.O.H.R. documented the killing of two citizens due to direct live gunfire by security forces:

Martyr Mahmoud Hassanian (Al-Naseri) – son of Mohammad.
Martyr Haidar Al-Khayyati (Al-Khayyatpour).

As of the publication of this report, the Iranian authorities refuse to hand over the bodies of the martyrs to their families. Meanwhile, confirmed reports indicate that more individuals were killed—whose full identities remain unknown due to the security siege—alongside several others who sustained injuries.

List of Ahwazi Detainees

The A.O.H.R.’s sources have successfully documented the identities of several Ahwazi detainees who were dragged to secret detention facilities:

Tariq Hassanian (son of Rahi; father of two daughters, the youngest being one month old).
Bahador Zargani (39 years old, son of Khodir; married with 3 children).
Mansour Naseri (40 years old, son of Hadi; married with 4 children).
Ahmad Bavi-Fard (son of Shahab).
Youssef Hassanian (son of Khalil).
Amin Naseri.
Jassim Bavi, known as "Milad" (son of Mohammad).
Mohammad-Ali Bavi (son of Jabir).
Hamid Hassanian (son of Mohammad).

Fabricated Charges and Denial of Fair Trials

The detainees were brought before Branch 2 of the General and Revolutionary Court in Karun County, presided over by Judge Montazeri, where they faced false and fabricated charges, including: "firing at security forces, blowing up oil pipelines, possessing hand grenades, collaborating with foreign states, and disrupting public order." The Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R.) stresses that these pre-packaged charges are standard pretexts extracted under severe torture and coercion inside detention centers to legitimize arbitrary sentences, in flagrant violation of fair trial standards.

In an attempt to justify these repressive measures against civil activism and the Arab population in Ahwaz, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence released an official statement claiming the killing of 5 individuals and the arrest of 10 others under allegations of "forming opposition groups, bombing civilian infrastructure and oil pipelines, armed attacks, and possession of semi-prepared bombs, weapons, ammunition, foreign currency, Starlink equipment, and propaganda materials."

Demands and International Appeals

More than 100 days have passed since this security campaign, with the detainees remaining completely incommunicado, denied access to lawyers or family visits. The Alahwazi Organization for Human Rights (A.O.H.R.) holds the Iranian authorities fully responsible for the safety and lives of the Ahwazi detainees, and demands:

Immediate disclosure of the detainees' whereabouts and fate, and granting their lawyers and families immediate access to them.
Handing over the bodies of the martyrs to their families for burial according to religious and traditional rites without conditions.
Opening an independent international investigation by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran regarding the crimes and violations committed in Qal'at Kanaan and the capital of Ahwaz.
Halting the coercive pressures and summons targeting the families of detainees and martyrs to extract further forced confessions.