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\u2022 Ahvaz protesters rally across new areas overnight<\/strong><\/p>\n Demonstrations against Iranian regime in the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran continued after midnight Friday following a segment aired by the Iranian state TV that ignored the Arab origins of the city, which is mostly Arab-populated.<\/p>\n \u2022 11 women ill-treated and arbitrarily detained<\/strong><\/p>\n Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action, condemning the arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment of 11 women from Gonabadi Dervish religious minority. The statement reads in part:At least 11 women from Iran\u2019s Gonabadi Dervish religious minority have been arbitrarily detained in inhumane conditions, without access to their lawyers.<\/p>\n \u2022 Eight Prisoners Hanged on Drug Charges<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, three prisoners were hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on Sunday March 12 on drug related charges. The prisoners have been identified as Yar Mohammad Reigi, Ismael Reigi, and Rahim Reigi. Dozens of the family members of these prisoners reportedly gathered outside the prison the night before their executions calling on the Iranian authorities to stop their execution sentences.<\/p>\n \u2022 Two women among the Arab Iranians arrested in Ahvaz<\/strong><\/p>\n Thousands of women and men continued their protests in Khuzistan on Friday, March 30, 2018, against the state television program offending the Arab ethnic group residing in this oil-rich province in southwestern Iran. At least two women were identified among those arrested.<\/p>\n The peaceful protests took place in various cities and regions including Mahshahr, Shadegan and Ahvaz.<\/p>\n \u2022 Millions of Women \u2018Illiterate\u2019 In Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n The head of Iran\u2019s Literacy Movement Organization (ILMO) says nearly 2 million women across the country are illiterate.<\/p>\n Citing Ali Baqirzadeh, state-run Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported, \u201cNearly 1,800,000 women still suffer from illiteracy across Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Eight Iran Sufis On Hunger Strike, Claim Torture: Amnesty<\/strong><\/p>\n (AFP) – Eight members of Iran’s Gonabadi Sufi minority are on hunger strike, Amnesty International said Friday, protesting alleged torture in prison after protests in which security forces members were killed. • Ahvaz protesters rally across new areas overnight Demonstrations against Iranian regime in the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran continued after midnight Friday following a segment aired by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":50972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-24542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-a-world","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"\n
\n“One of the men, Abbas Dehghan, has allegedly been threatened with his wife being raped in front of him if he does not ‘confess’,” the rights group said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"