Hassan Naseri

Hassan Naseri (Hassan Badaghipour, Hassan Vedaeipour) was one of the arrested during the Arbaeen (40th day memorial) clashes in Shush. In the series of protests in the winter of 2012 in Khuzestan many Arab citizens were arrested and some of them were given long prison and exile sentences

• <coverage-outsourcing id='13811'> A group of citizens residing in Shush, Hamidiyeh, and Ahwaz were arrested in January and February of 2012. These arrests came in the aftermath of widespread slogan writing in these cities, expressing support for the Arab Spring and, boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, as well as, ‘yezeleh’ (yezeleh or hosseh is a form of foot stomping that is used in, both, mourning and wedding ceremonies, using different chants appropriate to each ceremony) and chanting, “ freedom for the people of Ahwaz”, during Arbaeen or the 40th-day post burial commemoration ceremony of the year of 2012 at the tomb of Danial Nabi in Sush </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2143'> He was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry. The families of the defendant a number of other individuals arrested had no information about their conditions or the location of their incarceration for a long time </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13820'> According the statement of Human Rights Watch, and the reports of local activists, on this day, marshall law began and continued for four days </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13819'> Human Rights Watch published a statement demanding access for human rights organisations in order to review the claims of human rights abuse. This organization in its statement about, “stolen and disappeared individuals” expressed concern and gave a detailed account of the events of the past few months in the cities of Khuzestan </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13817'> According to HRANA, Intelligence Ministry agents in Shush, broadcast the film of the confessions for the families who were gathered in front of the Intelligence Ministry, telling them “these are you terrorist children”, and asked them to leave </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13816'> The confession film of Ahmad Dabat, Sajjad Beyt Abdollah, and Maher Kaabi was broadcast by Press TV. In this film three individuals claim that they had been members of an armed group headed by Hassan Naseri. Human rights activists and members of the families of these prisoners maintain that these individuals were severely tortured in order to appear on in this film. In the images of Ahmad Dabat and Sajjad Beyt Abdollah it is clearly visible that their teeth have been broken after their arrest. Until now, many individuals of those who interview Press TV and who’ve left prison with their lives, have claimed that they were tortured in order to make them participate in the interviews. In this film the murder, and in general, the existence of Mohammad Kaabi was denied </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13815'> Saeed Dabat, Ahmad Dabat’s brother, told HRANA that the arrested and those whose confession was broadcast on TV, were all arrested on the Arbaeen day(40th day) demonstrations and in the worst case scenario they can be charged with acting against national security and propagating against the state. He, also, said, that one of the confessions was connected to the death of a farmer that had taken place four years before this-at the time when many of those arrested were less than eighteen years old </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13818'> Rahesabz reported that the Shush prisoners’ families continued their sit-in/demonstration in front of the Intelligence Ministry from Monday to Thursday. The demonstrators who were requesting to visit their children and demanding to know their fate, were attacked and beaten by the NAJA special forces. Several of these family members were arrested after the assault and released after three day upon posting bail. During this clash, Sajjad Beyt Abdollah’s mother- Hamideh Beyt Abdollah-was injured and hospitalized </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13814'> Justice For Iran reported that a prisoner’s family member, who was introduced by PressTv film as a member of the “terrorist group, Al Ahwaz”, has claimed that the name of this prisoner cannot be found in the Revolutionary court of Ahwaz nor any of the other judicial centers of this city and no case has been opened for him, until now. This report, by comparing before and after pictures, confirms clearly that the Ahmad Dabat and Sajjad Beyt Abdollah’s teeth were broken during their arrest </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13821'> Human Rights Organization of Ahwaz condemned the heavy sentencing of these individuals </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13813'> According to Karim Dahimi’s report, the human rights activists in the Khuzestan region, Maher Kaabi, was sentenced to 10 years incarceration in one of the northern cities, Ali Kanani was sentenced to 20 years incarceration in Sari, Sajad Beyt Abdollah to 15 years incarceration in Gorgan, Jafar Kaabi to 15 years prison in Yazd, Yousef Khasraji (Khazraji) to 10 years prison in Shiraz, Ahmad Kaabi to 15 years prison in Kerman and Abbas Sagouri to 15 years incarceration in Hamedan. These individuals, who had been arrested in January and February of 2012 in Shush, Hamidiyeh and Ahwaz, were tried by judge Andi for charges such as, “Warring against God, financial corruption, and acting against national security”, and, based on later reports, Hassan Naseri, also, was condemned to 20 years incarceration in Sabzevar and Ahmad Dabat to 20 years prison in Rasht </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19659'> It was reported that the sentences of exile were carried out and the prisoners were transferred to other cities </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2142'> It was reported that he was exiled to Sabzevar Prison and that his family was held responsible for the costs of his transfer </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5221'> It was reported that he continues to remain incarcerated </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24089'> An informed source told IPA that Hassan Naser is incarcerated in Mashhad prison, Ahmad Debat and Jafar Beyt Abdollah in Yazd prison, Abbas Sagouri in Hamadan prison, Yousef Latifi in Shiraz prison, Ahmad Kaabi in Kerman prison and Ali Kanani in Sari prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24088'> According to IPA, Hassan Vedaeipour was transferred to Ahvaz </coverage-outsourcing>