According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, several people have been killed, dozens injured, and hundreds more arrested in the last week in relation to protests in Khuzestan. HRANA has been able to identify 102 detained in cities in Khuzestan, 3 detained in Tehran in support of the people of Khuzestan, and 10 are said to have been killed, 5 of whom HRANA has confirmed so far. Names follow.
Widespread protests started in Khuzestan province on the night of Thursday, July 15, in response to the resource mismanagement that has led to the water crisis. Protests have been going for the past seven days and have spread to at least 30 cities.
HRANA has received videos showing the heavy presence of security forces and special forces vehicles in a number of cities in Khuzestan province, including Izeh and Masjed Soleiman.
Citizens in cities such as Meybod in Yazd province and Robat Karim around Tehran have rallied in support of the Khuzestan protesters.
Meanwhile, cities in Khuzestan Province are experiencing a severe decrease in internet speed and connection. The global internet watchdog website “Netblocks” earlier confirmed the internet disruptions since the protests took place in Khuzestan saying that “widespread Internet disruptions in Iran have occurred since Thursday last week following popular protests in Khuzestan province and it continues.”
Today, the Deputy Commander of the Lorestan Police confirmed that a young man was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting during last night’s protests in Aligudarz.
Detention of hundreds of protesting citizens
HRANA has received several reports pointing to the detention of hundreds of people, but verifying the identities of all detainees has been difficult due to the lack of transparency in reports from Iran’s official authorities, and the Islamic republic of Iran does not allow human rights organizations operate inside Iran. However, HRANA was able to identify 102 detained in Khuzestan and 3 in Tehran, and while reportedly 10 have been killed, HRANA has verified the identities of 5, as follows:
Identity of 10 killed citizens:
1- Mostafa Naeemawi – killed on July 16 at Shadegan – Status: Verified by HRANA
2- Ghasem Naseri (Khaziri) – was wounded on July 16 and died on July 17 at Kut Abdollah – Status: Verified by HRANA
3- Meysam Echrash – was wounded on July 18 and died on July 21 Karkhe – Status: Verified by HRANA
4- Hadi Bahmani – was killed on 21-Jul at Izeh – Status: Verified by Hrana
5- Omid Azarkhosh – was killed on 22-Jul at ` Aligudarz – Status: Verified by HRANA
6- Amir Moshari (Ebadi)– from Mahshahr– Status: Status: under review
7- Isaa Baledi – from Taleghani town in Mahshahr – Status: under review
8- Mohammad Chenani –from Shush – Status: under review
9- Hamzeh (Farzad Farisat) – from Ahvaz – Status: under review
10- Hamid Mojaddam (Jokari) – from Mahshahr – Status: under review
HRANA has been able to verify the names of 105 arrested citizens in different cities as are listed below.
People arrested in the city of Ahvaz:
1 – Mohammad Koroshat – Arrested on date not specified
2 – Abas Zargani – Arrested on July 21
3 – Abbas Savari – Arrested on date not specified
4 – Ahmad Savari – Arrested on July 20
5 – Ali Ka’b Alhaei – Arrested on July 20
6 – Amer Zuhairi – Arrested on July 17
7 – Basem Zargani – Arrested on July 21
8 – Basem Heydari – Arrested on date not specified
9 – Fahd Heydari – Arrested on July 21
10 – Fallah Chaldavi – Arrested on July 21
11 – Hamoud Chenani – Arrested on July 17
12 – Hamoud Shamousi – Arrested on July 17
13 – Hassan Saeedi – Arrested on date not specified
14 – Isa Mazra’eh – Arrested on July 16
15 – Meysam Savari – Arrested on July 21
16 – Milad Savari – Arrested on July 21
17 – Mohammad Sakhrawi – Arrested on date not specified
18 – Mohammad Askari – Arrested on July 21
19 – Naser Zargani – Arrested on July 21
20 – Ra’d Heydari – Arrested on July 21
People arrested in the city of Bostan:
21 – Faraj Obaidai – Arrested on July 19
22 – Jasem Chaldavi – Arrested on July 19
23 – Malek Chaldavi – Arrested on July 19
24 – Milad Obaidawi – Arrested on July 19
25 – Milad savari – Arrested on July 21
People arrested in the city of Chamran:
26 – Ahmad Mujaddam – Arrested on July 22
27 – Ali Mujaddam – Arrested on July 22
28 – Mohammad Mujaddam – Arrested on July 22
People arrested in the city of Elhaei:
29 – Abbas Alhaei – Arrested on July 22
30 – Abbas Khovin – Arrested on July 22
31 – Abdol Razzaq Vahid – Arrested on July 22
32 – Amir Alhaei – Arrested on July 22
33 – Mobarak Alhaei – Arrested on July 22
People arrested in the city of Hamidiyeh:
34 – Abas Saedi – Arrested on July 22
35 – Ghasem Saedi – Arrested on July 22
36 – Mahmoud Saedi – Arrested on July 22
37 – Rasool Sava’edi – Arrested on July 22
38 – Razi Dahimawi – Arrested on July 21
39 – Sadegh Abyat – Arrested on July 22
40 – Sadegh Saedi – Arrested on July 22
41 – Tiban Saedi – Arrested on July 22
People arrested in the city of Khorramshahr:
42 – Abdolreza Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
43 – Ali Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
44 – Ali Soleimani Tamimi – Arrested on July 18
45 – Ali Abdol Hossein Gatafah – Arrested on July 18
46 – Basem Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
47 – Darem Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
48 – Mansour Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
49 – Yarallah Soleimani – Arrested on July 18
People arrested in the city of Lordegan:
50 – Ahura Mohammadi – Arrested on July 22
51 – Behnam Hassani – Arrested on July 22
52 – Hamed Hassani – Arrested on July 22
53 – Majed Hamidi – Arrested on date not specified at city of Mollasani
People arrested in the city of Ramshir:
54 – Ahmad Asli – Arrested on July 21
55 – Ali Amoori – Arrested on July 22
56 – Falak Amoori – Arrested on July 22
57 – Farzad Atabi – Arrested on July 21
58 – Hamed Khaledi – Arrested on July 21
59 – Hassan Amoori – Arrested on July 20
60 – Heydar AlBushoke – Arrested on July 21
61 – Jasem Tusi – Arrested on July 20
62 – Javad Jaberi – Arrested on July 21
63 – Khaled Amoori – Arrested on July 22
64 – Khaled Amoori – Arrested on July 21
65 – Majid Mousavi – Arrested on July 21
66 – Mehdi Hamid – Arrested on July 19
67 – Mehdi Zoghibi – Arrested on July 20
68 – Mohammad Amoori – Arrested on July 21
69 – Moslem Echrash – Arrested on July 22
70 – Muhammad AlBushoke – Arrested on July 21
71 – Omid Tusi – Arrested on July 20
72 – Sajad Mousavi – Arrested on July 21
73 – Saleh Khaledi – Arrested on July 21
People arrested in the city of Shavur:
74 – Abdollah Obaidawi – Arrested on July 22
75 – Ali Khosraji – Arrested on July 21
76 – Ali Mohsen Zidan – Arrested on July 21
77 – Ali Ka’bi – Arrested on July 21
78 – Ali Agbi – Arrested on date not specified
79 – Ali Mazrae – Arrested on July 17
80 – Ali Ka’bi – Arrested on July 22
81 – Ayub Abboud al-Namnum – Arrested on July 22
82 – Faysal Mazrae – Arrested on July 17
83 – Ghasem Mazrae – Arrested on July 17
84 – Hassan Mohsen Zidan – Arrested on July 21
85 – Hossein Shomli – Arrested on July 22
86 – Jamil Obaidawi – Arrested on July 21
87 – Khaled Mazrae – Arrested on July 17
88 – Mehdi Khosraji – Arrested on July 22
89 – Mohammad Ka’bi – Arrested on July 22
90 – Saleh Obaidawi – Arrested on July 21
91 – Seyed Hassoun Iraqi – Arrested on July 22
People arrested in the city of Susangerd:
92 – Abdol Amir Jalali (Abu Yahya) – Arrested on July 20
93 – Adel Naderi – Arrested on July 20
94 – Ayad Abiyat – Arrested on date not specified
95 – Emad Abiyat – Arrested on date not specified
96 – Hamze Afrawi – Arrested on July 20
97 – Ismail Jalali – Arrested on July 21
98 – Mansour Jalali – Arrested on July 20
99 – Mohammad Harizawi – Arrested on date not specified
100 – Mujtaba Salehi – Arrested on July 20
101 – Nader Abiyat – Arrested on date not specified
102 – Reza Afrawi – Arrested on July 20
People arrested in the city of Tehran:
103 – Mohammad Niyazi – Arrested on July 23
104 – Mostafa Arfai – Arrested on July 23
105 – Omid Saeedi – Arrested on July 23
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Read our Day 8 fact sheet for more info on what is going on in Khuzestan. For media interviews, contact Skylar Thompson at [email protected].
As the map shows, the protests took place in the following cities: Izeh, Susangerd, Hamidieh, Ahvaz, Mahshahr, Masjed Soleiman, Shadegan, Jarahi Town Mahshahr, Dorud, Andimeshk, Dezful, Shahrekord, Junaqan, Fashafouyeh, Yasuj, Ardabil, Farsan, Khorramabad, Dehdasht, Borujerd, Suq, Yazd, Golpayegan, Cholicheh, Rasht, Neyshabur, Surshjan, Hafshejan, Babaheydar, Karevan Town and Pordanjan.
