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\nNCRI – The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, and other organizations in defense of human rights, to take immediate measures to secure the release of dozens of youths arrested in the southeastern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive State Security Forces barbarically raided several districts in city of Ahvaz on Wednesday, arresting over three dozen youths. The raids were carried out in the districts of Hamidiya, Molashia and Kouya Enghelab.<\/p>\n
Moreover, an Iranian-Arab poet, Ahmad Haj Sobhan, was arrested on the same day in the Kut Abdollah district of Ahvaz. The security forces transferred him to an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n
Fearing popular protests by the deprived residents of the oil rich province of Khuzestan, the Iranian regime continues to carry out savage crackdowns on its residents – particularly the youth.<\/p>\n
Last month, the people and the valiant youth of Ahvaz, in protest to the shocking self-immolation of Youness Asakereh, a petty seller in Khorramshahr, turned his funeral ceremony as well as the soccer matches in Ahvaz into a scene of protest and expression of loath for the religious fascism ruling Iran.<\/p>\n
On March 17, following the soccer match between the Foulad of Khuzestan and Al-Helal of Saudi Arabia, people staged a large demonstration and expressed their loathing for the regime\u2019s criminal and oppressive measures against the people of Khuzestan.<\/p>\n
The angry crowd staged a large protest carrying signs reading \u201cWe are all Youness\u201d to express their solidarity with Youness Asakereh, a petty seller who set himself on fire on March 13, 2015 in Ahvaz, in protest against repressive measures by regime agents who had obstructed his toil.<\/p>\n
Youness Asakereh later died on March 22 due to severe burns. His burial ceremony turned into another scene of protest and an expression of anger toward the clerical regime with a large number of people from various cities of Khuzestan participating in the event.<\/p>\n
The people of Khuzestan province are suffering from poverty, unemployment and hunger while the province is one of the most productive and wealthy regions in Iran.<\/p>\n
However, the enormous wealth of the Iranian people is being spent on suppression, the export of terrorism, warmongering in the region and ominous nuclear projects, or it is being plundered by the leaders of the clerical regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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