Sources of the Ahwazi Organization for Human Rights confirmed Iran's heavily armed security and intelligence forces have surrounded most of the city and shooting at peaceful protestors live bullets increasing the number of death tolls.
More than 20 people, including women were killed in the Ahwazi cities of Aljarahi and Kura alone by Iranian security forces.
The martyrs from the cities of Aljarahi and Kora are:
1. Hatawi Eidallah Ghadhban Hatawi (Ajrash)
2 Qasim Mansour Bowie
3. The wife of the Mokhtar Aati
4. Abbas Asakra
5. Yusuf AlBuabadi
6. Ali Khawaja AlBuali (Driss)
7. Mohammed Khalidi
8. Adnan Hilali
9.Mojtaba Abadi
10. Youssef Khalidi
11. Syed Ahmed Nour AlMusawi
Iranian state-run media revealed that more than 1,500 protesters has been arrested since the protests began while 3, 000 others were injured.
Amnesty International, `citing credible reports` said Tuesday 19th November, it believes at least 106 people in 21 cities have been killed during protests in Iran over government-set rise in petrol price. Amnesty added that it believes that the real death toll may be much higher, with some reports suggesting as many as 200 have been killed.
Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa research and advocacy director said Iranian security forces committed harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces using excessive and lethal force to crush peaceful protests.
Amnesty called Iranian authorities to end this brutal and deadly crackdown and show respect for human life.