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Maryam Rajavi calls for urgent dispatch of a UN mission to meet victims of Ahwaz |
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Wednesday, 20 April 2005 |
 Hundreds killed or wounded in six-day clashes in Khuzestan Province
New clashes broke out this morning between security forces and local
residents in several districts of Ahwaz, including Kut Abdullah, Kian
and Khashayar.
In an urgent appeal this morning, Iranian Resistance's President-elect
Maryam Rajavi called on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour for their immediate
intervention to stop the brutal massacre of people in Khuzestan
Province, particularly the Arab residents of Ahwaz.
Mrs. Rajavi called for immediate dispatch of a UN mission to Iran to
visit those in detention, the wounded and also the families of those
killed in the ongoing uprising in Iran's oil-rich province.
Resumption of anti-government protests for the sixth consecutive day
takes place at a time when agents of various suppressive organs,
including the special anti-riot forces, Revolutionary Guards, Ministry
of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), State Security Forces, Bassij and
Ansar-e Hizbollah paramilitary forces have been stationed throughout
the city, making widespread arrests.
MOIS agents have started to re-arrest former political prisoners in
Ahwaz and other cities in the province. So many arbitrary arrests have
been made that the five prisons in the city are full and a large number
of detainees are under interrogation in safe-houses belonging to the
suppressive agencies.
Balal Mosque in Sepidar neighborhood and similar places in Ahwaz are
being used as temporary detention centres by MOIS agents and the
Revolutionary Guards.
Schools and shops in Ahwaz remain closed and young people are
countering suppressive forces' savage aggression by attacking
government buildings, as well as centers and vehicles belonging to the
security forces.
When Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani, known in the area as the Butcher
of Ahwaz for his role in the bloody suppression of anti-government
disturbances in the city in 1979, tried to enter an Ahwaz neighbourhood
called Dayereh with his large contingent of bodyguards on Tuesday
afternoon, young people attacked them with a barrage of stones, forcing
Shamkhani and his entourage to flee.
Unrest has spilt to other cities of the province and intense clashes
between local residents and suppressive forces have broken out in the
cities of Mahshahr, Abadan, Khorramshahr and Shoushtar.
In clashes in Ahwaz and other cities hundreds of protesters have been
killed or wounded. A number of suppressive agents have also been killed
in clashes with young protesters.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
April 20, 2005 |
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