Reports have emerged that around 49 members of the Ahwazi Arab minority have been
arrested since 10 January 2012, in at least three cities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
A family member of Nasser Derafshan Alboshokeh, aged 19, told Amnesty International how his relative and Mohammad al-Ka’bi, aged 34, both members of the Ahwazi Arab minority, died in Ministry of Intelligence detention facilities in Ahvaz and Shush. Both men – arrested on 26 January and 21 January respectively – were reported to have been tortured before they died.
The family of Nasser Derafshan Alboshokeh has not yet been permitted to bury him. They have reportedly been told by the local Iranian authorities to keep the memorial service private as a condition of the funeral taking place. Nasser Derafshan Alboshokeh’s family learned of his death on 30 January 2012. He is said not to have had access to legal representation norbeen permitted any contact with his family during his four day detention.
كارون الثقافي، موقع أحوازي حُر ومستقل- حامد الكناني 
تشرفنا بزيارتكم ونتمنى دائما أن ننول رضاكم.