On the Role of Judge Ehsan Adibimehr in Issuing Repressive Sentences Against Arab Political Prisoners in Ahwaz
Report by the Ahwaz Centre for Human Rights – UK
On the Role of Judge Ehsan Adibimehr in Issuing Repressive Sentences Against Arab Political Prisoners in Ahwaz
The Ahwaz Centre for Human Rights – UK, citing credible human rights reports, expresses deep concern over the direct and ongoing role of Judge Ehsan Adibimehr, known to be closely linked to state security agencies, in issuing harsh and unjust sentences against Arab political prisoners in Ahwaz.
Judge Adibimehr, who presides over Branch 1 of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, has in recent years been responsible for dozens of death sentences and long-term prison rulings targeting Arab political detainees. These verdicts have been issued in proceedings that blatantly violate fair trial standards, relying on confessions extracted under torture—both physical and psychological—denial of access to independent legal counsel, and closed-door court sessions.
Judge Adibimehr has become a symbol of judicial repression. Among the Arab people of Ahwaz, he is widely seen not as a figure of justice, but as one emblematic of cruelty, severity, and haste in punishing those whose only demand is the recognition of their basic human rights, dignity, and cultural identity.
According to verified documentation, dozens of young Ahwazi Arabs have been prosecuted on vague, sweeping security charges. Without upholding basic human rights, Judge Adibimehr has issued death sentences and prison terms extending beyond 10, 15, and even 35 years. Moreover, detainees have been forced to attend sessions designed not for rehabilitation, but to instill fear, undermine their identity, and coerce them into renouncing their beliefs and legitimate demands. These sessions function as psychological tools of repression aimed at silencing Arab political prisoners.
These actions are not isolated violations by an individual judge, but rather part of a broader, systemic and deliberate policy targeting Arab political prisoners in Ahwaz. A structure in which the judiciary and security institutions are used as instruments to silence independent voices, intimidate the younger Arab generation, and reinforce political and cultural domination over the Ahwazi Arab nation.
Judge Ehsan Adibimehr has knowingly and willingly transformed himself into a machinery of repression. He bears direct responsibility for issuing punitive sentences that have devastated the lives of countless Ahwazi Arab families and turned Ahwaz into a deeply securitized and suffocating environment.
The Ahwaz Centre for Human Rights – UK stresses that the continued presence of such individuals at the head of judicial institutions in Ahwaz legitimizes systematic injustice and poses a grave concern.
The Centre calls on all international human rights bodies, the United Nations, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and international legal institutions to:
Officially designate Judge Ehsan Adibimehr as a violator of human rights for his leading role in the structural abuse against Arab political prisoners in Ahwaz.
Add his name to international lists of serious human rights violators.
Take urgent legal and political action to stop the unjust and repressive judicial processes taking place in Ahwaz.
What is happening in Ahwaz is not confined to a single region; it reflects a broader pattern of structural discrimination and targeted repression that the international human rights community cannot afford to ignore.
14 September 2025 / 23 Shahrivar 1404
Ahwaz Centre for Human Rights – UK
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