Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani

IRAN: TWO AHWAZI ACTIVISTS EXECUTED

January 29, 2014: According to sources Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with, two Ahwazi Arab activists Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani have been executed. 
Iranian intelligence ministry officials have informed the families of the prisoners that the executions were carried out four days ago.
However, Ahwazi activists believe that Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani were executed immediately after their transfer from the Karoun prison of Ahwaz.
Hashem Shabani (32) and Hadi Rashedi (38) were sentenced to death for Moharebeh (“enmity against God”), Mufsid-fil-Arz (“corruption on earth”) and spreading propaganda against the system in July 2012 alongside three other political prisoners. All are founding members of Al-Hiwar, a cultural institute that promoted Arabic education, literature and cultural activities among Ahwazi Arab youth. (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 29/01/2014)