World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,  an alliance of more than 150 NGOs

Four Ahwazi Arab death row prisoners have been transferred to an unknown location and could be executed at any time.

Iran: The indiscriminate executions continue – The UN, EU and the International community must put the situation of the death penalty at the top of the agenda in their dialogue with Iran

While the political climate between Iran and the international community has been improving since the election of President Rouhani, and the P5+1 Group is preparing their second round of nuclear negotiations with Iran, executions continue at a higher rate than before inside the country.

Iran Arrests an Arab Poet and Several Sunni Arabs

According to informed sources  Iranian security and intelligence forces yesterday, 14 January 2013 arrested several Ahwazi Sunnis among them Adel Musa Al Khanfari, 27 and Ali Heidar Al Khanfari Al Batrani, 23, from Kut Abdullah district, Ahwaz city.

In a similar incident, Malek Obaid Al Bughbaish, an Ahwazi poet, from Al Kora, Maashour city, also was arrested. The whereabouts of all those arrested remains unknown.