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Execution of a Sunni in Baluchistan

By IHRV | January 29, 2010

A young Sunni who was detained by Intelligence agents fours years ago, accused of planting bomb, and was found guilty of Moharebeh (waging war), was hanged on January 23.

The condemned man, Rahmat Zehi-Shahnavazi, 35, was a resident of the city of Khash, and he was known for his cultural and religious activities in Baluchistan province.  Four years ago, when a bomb went off in the city of Zahedan, he was detained in front of his residence and, without ever confessing to his guilt, he had been found guilty and held in prison for the last two years.

Source: Harana

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One Response to “Execution of a Sunni in Baluchistan”

  1. Ali Raisi Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 4:56 am

    Iran usually to intimidate her openents, execute mostly Baloch and Sunni people. Why? Yes, the answer is very simple, the Baloch people are the weakest link! When, Iran execute Baloch people, usually there is very little protest against this brutale and barbaric act of this inhuman regime. Because, main stream Iranian opposition and activists just do not care that the Baloch are also members of this society. Let me give a very provd and well known and well documented example.
    When, the protests day after this rigged presidential begun, at very same next day, Iran in order to intimidate her political oppnents in Tehran, executed 15 innocent young Baloch people. While these young innocent like all others who Iran execute, had not committed any crime!!! Absolutely nothing,,, no act at all, these even had not participated in any kind of protest or demonstration. But since, no other Iranian human rights activists or international human rights organizations raised a finger for these people!!!
    Iran and her rulers are quite sure, they can execute innocent Baloch people with impunity. Because if Iran, execute some one from Isfahan or Shiraz, then there will be mass protests and demonstrations,,,, but in case of the Baloch population unfortunately every body keeps quite!!!
    And the other prove is that, no national or international media are allowed to visit Balochistan and see the ground realities from there!!! And the national media, usually if there was a will on place could visit Balochistan and report the inhuman and tripple cruelities the Baloch are subjected to,,,, but unfortunately,,, the Iranian main stream political, social cluster of society in it`s essence is a racist society. This main stream, usually do not care much about other oppressed nationalities like the Kurds, the Baloch, the Arabs, Azaris or the Turkumans. This so called ,main stream in this regard, are guilty of keeping quite, just taking care of those ,,, who belong the Persian soeaking shiaas. Due to my own experience and observations, in last 35 years that i myself personally witnessed, the main country wide political parties and organizations are very narrow minded and do not care of these religious, ethnical minorities.
    In fact these minorities combined together constitute more than 50% of Iran`s population. But these are robbed from their democratic right of having share both in political power and economical goods!!!
    This country as it is moving like now, by adopting an exclusive policy of these religious, ethnical minorities, is doomed to die out. By other words, these poor, oppressed nations inside Iran`s geopolitical borders,seek seccession. Because, when they see, they have been excluded from all specters of society, and been robbed from all of their rights, would have no , but to go their own way. To choose their own path of life. For the last 100 years, Iran has been ruled as an one unite system, from the center. These people, are not included for the slightest on their own affairs. They have been robbed from their natural wealth and resources, and they have supplied every thing to the Iranian so called nation, without getting even a penny back!!!
    The living example, is the Al Ahwaz , Arab nation!!! Al Ahwaz, supplied Iran, oil. The revenues of oil went to Tehran, Rasht, Isfahan, Shiraz and Mahshad. But, they the Arab, got reduced to a minority in their own home!!! Because, when the oil explorations started, so moved a huge non Arab population in Al Ahwaz, and this influx of people, created an imbalance of population, in a way that, the native Arabic population were reduced to a disillussioned , kept back warded and handikapped people.
    The oppressor, the Iranian chouvunism and Persian racism, even did not emply a single Arabic man or woman, in this new industry. Til now, I am writing these words, situation for these poor, innocent Arabs is the same as it was, in 1911 when Iran signed oil exploration deal with William Darci!!! No, development have come to them, contrary to what their brothers on other side of the border have gotten, inspite of being ruked by tyrans, like Saddam!!!
    The gift, oil brought with itself to Al Ahwaz Arabs, was that they were reduced to a marginalized minority in their own home. On the extent, that today their land is dominated by non Arabs, and it have made it very difficult for the Arabs of Al Ahwaz to have any claim to their own land!!! If, they try to reverse this population influx by force, then they will be blamed for ethnic cleansing!!!! While we all know, this have been an intentionally well planned program by the Persian racist rulers, to bring the situation just as it is now today!!!
    But there should be some rational and fair thinking people among our people in Iran, and give the right to the Al Ahwaz Arabs, to expell all these settlers from their home land!
    Iran, has begun the same policy towards Balochistan and Kurdistan by encouraging non Baloch and non Kurds to migrate and settled in these hemogenic socities!!! We all know, this policy will fail and will bring niseries to these settlers. Because these settlers at one point will be expelled. So the better is that to warn all those who become lured to these areas by the chouvunistic and racistic regime of Iran. Iran intentionaly encouraging Persian Shiaas and facilitating them by all manners including economic incentives to migrate and settle in Balochistan and Kurdistan. This policy is doomed to fail. Because, no Baloch or Kurd will allow the regime to bring these native people be reduced to a minority in their own home land.
    Long live freedom and justice, and lets go for a real democratic Iran. An Iran for all Iranians!!!

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