June 20-2014
MOUSAVI. . . hanged allegedly for bombing pipe
Ali Chabishat and Khaled Mousavi, two Iranian-Arabs from the southern city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province, have been secretly executed and buried in a remote area, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported Monday.
Karim Dahimi, a human rights activist in Ahvaz, told ICHRI that families of the two prisoners were informed of the executions last Thursday, but they were not told when they took place. Intelligence Ministry officials in Ahvaz have shown Chabishat’s grave to his family. The authorities have banned relatives from holding mourning ceremonies.
“On June 12, Ali Cha-bishat’s brother and son were summoned by the Intelligence Ministry office in Ahvaz. Agents there informed them of the execution and then took them outside the city to a remote area in Ramhormoz and said Ali was buried there,” Dahimi said. “They said they will contact Khaled [Mousavi]’s family as well to let them know where he has been buried.”
Dahimi added that when people in the village of Khalaf Moslem, where Ali Chabishat was a resident, gathered in front of his home to mourn his death, agents attacked and arrested Chabishat’s son and brother. Both were released the next day after promising to limit mourning ceremonies to immediate family members only.
Chabishat and Mousavi were arrested November 11, 2012, on charges of blowing up a gas pipeline in Ahvaz. However, news reports quoted the head of the Khuzestan gas company as saying the incident was under investigation, but that sabotage had been ruled out.