Adel Asakerah ,33 years old,married with Master degree in history, was accused of insulting senior officials and officers of the state.
Adel was arrested last year in 2019 and spent few months in detention, however, he was released after posting a bail value of 5 Billion Tomans (appx $30000). Recently, the court has issued a final decision against the defendant with a sentence of 9 years imprisonment.
 
The court’s verdict convicted him of disturbing public opinion, insulting the Supreme Leader and state officials and action against national security of Iran.
 
Adel was criticising the state for plundering and confiscating territorial wealth of Arab lands. Adel appeared on a video clip, shared on social media, with critique of state policy which allocates a huge budget for seminary institutions whilst ignoring Arab villagers’ basic needs, and seizing their lands. The complainant was the bureau of legal security for veterans.

Safha village is officially part of Falahiyeh (Shadegan) city residing on the bank of the Karoun River, with the majority of Ahwazi Arab land ownership forcibly dissolved for the sake of the state-run sugarcane projects, including Salman Farsi project. Nevertheless, this was met with resistance of native Arab inhabitants who refused to relocate and migrate from their ancestral lands. Today, this village is trapped inside the Salman Farsi sugarcane project, with a lack of accessibility to facilities including clean water, electricity and education.

Ahwazi villagers are normally living from livestock and agriculture. They ,however ,suffer from various types of skin deceases as results of using sugarcanes wastewater for washing or during floods.