Yahya Naseri: An Ahwazi Political Prisoner’s Struggle for Medical Treatment and Justice

Yahya Naseri, an Ahwazi political prisoner who suffers from hemorrhoids, urgently needs surgery due to the worsening of his condition. However, judicial and security authorities are preventing him from being transferred to a hospital outside the prison for treatment.

Yahya Naseri was arrested during the 2005 demonstrations in Ahvaz. After his arrest, he was subjected to nine months of torture in solitary confinement by Ahvaz intelligence. Subsequently, in a brief and sham trial presided over by Judge Shabani, the First Branch of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death.

This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Throughout the legal proceedings, he was also deprived of the right to have a lawyer.

Yahya Naseri has now been imprisoned for 18 years.

Hossein Bouazar originates from Ahwaz and stands as a fervent champion for human rights. Deeply connected to his Ahwazi Arab heritage, his literary works illuminate the adversities faced by this community. An outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, Hossein bravely highlights the grave human rights violations inflicted upon the Ahwazi Arabs. Through his compelling narratives, he seeks to amplify international consciousness of the challenges the Ahwazi Arabs encounter. His prose resonates as a defiant call for a world that upholds the inherent rights of every individual, irrespective of their ethnic roots or background.

Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights