Ali Helfi

Mr. Halafi was arrested in the events of Ahvaz in 2005. He was sentenced to prison in exile. During his imprisonment, he was exiled to Gonabad and Masjed Soleiman prisons. Mr. Halafi was tortured in the Intelligence Ministry detention center and then deprived of receiving effective medical services.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='15422'> A letter attributed to Mohammad Ali Abtahi, secretary of the president of the time, has been published. The letter emphasized on changing the demographic structure of the Khuzestan Arabs, encouraging non-natives to move to this area, and reduction of Khuzestan's Arab population to one-third of the province's total population. The Government spokesman and Mr. Abtahi denied the letter later </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15423'> Coordination Committee of Public Protests in Ahvaz consisting of various political groups including the Ahwaz Arab National Democratic Movement, the Vefagh Party, civil and cultural institutions such as the Amjad Institute, al-Shorouq, and independent Arab civil activists, issued their first statement. The committee pointed out the policies of the government in confiscating the land of Arab farmers with different ideas such as sugar cane development, increasing marginalization, political efforts to eradicate Arab identity, and dispersion of Khuzestan Arabs in a call for a demonstration. Later, many Arab activists mentioned that the protests focused on what was actually happening in Khuzestan, regardless of the authenticity of the letter attributed to Mohammad Ali Abtahi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15424'> The first demonstration to protest ethnic discrimination in Ahvaz began with the Alavi Kooy and spread to other cities such as Mahshahr and Hamidiyeh. In a statement, Ahvaz Human Rights Organization announced that in some gatherings in neighborhoods clashes occurred, and government forces responded violently. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15425'> According to ISNA, the Defense Minister announced three or four people were killed in protests. According to the Boroumand Foundation reports local civil activists have reported the death toll has been between 50 and 60 people and local sources have reported 1,200 arrests. Amnesty International reported 29 people, Human Rights Watch 50, and Ahwaz Human Rights 160. Dozens were also injured. A few weeks later, IRNA reported that the General Prosecutor's Office and the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz announced the arrest and filing of 447 cases. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15330'> His brother Habib Halafi was also arrested and sentenced to prison this year and the following years. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15426'> According to ISNA, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talked about the "clear tracks of Iraqi occupiers in Khuzestan incidents". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15435'> Most of the defendants were transferred to Karun Prison from Ahvaz Intelligence Detention Center this month. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15428'> "The group that was arrested for making bombs or bombing in Ahwaz Oil Pipes has nothing to do with the explosions, they have not killed anyone, and the government is their only complaint. Nine of them have been sentenced to death by the names of Abdol Zahra Halichi, Yahya Naseri, Risan Savari, Abdolemam Zaeri, Jafar Savari, Mohammad Ali Savari, Hamzeh Savari, Nazem Barihi, and Zamel Bavi. ", Emadeddin Baghi noted in a letter to the Head of Judiciary and the Minister of Intelligence. The letter states that having a weapon without threatening anyone is not an example of moharebeh (enmity against God, which is subject to the death penalty in Iranian law). As a result, all of these people are excluded from the charge, but some can be sentenced to a relevant punishment for keeping illegal weapons. They were tried in other cities without consulting a lawyer and confessed under pressure, after 10 or 11 months of solitary detention. He noted that one of the detainees was arrested two months before the bombing.I received letters with the prisoner's handwriting, finger marked by the prisoner and sealed by the prison, they wrote that what they confessed was under pressure, The lawyers did not see their clients until the day of the trial and demanded authentication to make sure their client is the same person at the court hearing </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15429'> The 1019 issue of Donyaye Eghtesad newspaper quoted Mr. Zaeri as the Justice administrator of Khuzestan Province and wrote: “The sentences have been confirmed by the Third Branch of Ahvaz Revolutionary Court”. According to the report, death sentences were issued for Mohammad Ali Savari, Yahya Naseri, Nazem Barihi, Abdolemam Zaeri, and Abdol Zahra Halichi. Ali Halafi was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Gonabad and acquittal has been issued for Hamzeh Savari (he was sentenced to death and then sentenced to prison). </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15430'> According to ILNA, the Seventh Branch of Ahvaz Public Prosecutor's Office summoned the lawyers for alleged disruption of National Security due to publishing the protests of seven lawyers of Ahvaz bombings defendants. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15431'> ILNA reported about what the accused family called pressure to take confessions from recent Ahvaz bombing prisoners. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15432'> United Nations General Assembly strongly expresses its concern over the widespread human rights abuses in Iran, torturing and hanging people (death sentence), and especially discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities by issuing a resolution. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15433'> In a joint statement, the three UN special rapporteurs complained about the secret and unfair trials and trial of accused lawyers on charges of disturbing national security. They stated that the court was mocking the requirements of the case review process. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15434'> According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the Iranian judiciary sentenced Zamel Bavi, Avedeh Afravi, Nazem Barihi, Alireza Salman Delfi, Ali Halafi, Jafar Savari, Abdolreza Sanavati, Mohammad Ali Savari, Moslem Alhaei, Abdolreza Navaseri, Yahya Naseri, Abdolreza Halichi, and Abdolemam Zaeri to death after a one-day trial. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15436'> Emadoddin Baghi, the head of the Prisoners' Rights Defense Association, was sentenced to three years in prison by the sixth branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Babaei. One of the examples cited for his accusations was his activities to support the rights of those accused in the Ahvaz explosions. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15329'> He was probably exiled to Gonabad prison in 2007. In many reports in the following years, it is stated that he fell ill in Gonabad prison, but he was not provided with effective medical services. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15438'> In an interview with the Boroumand Foundation, Oudeh Afravi talked about Ali Afravi, the person who was arrested in Ahvaz protests and tried by the court: After Ali's arrest, despite the family's efforts, they couldn't get any news from him.They did not know where he was, they had no phone calls and no prison visits. Until the night before his execution, his confessions and the court sentence published on TV, and the next day, he was publicly executed in March 2006. The body did not hand over to the family after the execution, and they buried him in a far-flung place called Brumi outside Ahvaz. The family was able to find the burial place by inquiry of the funeral home and the staff working there </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15437'> Oudeh Afravi, who was arrested in connection with the case of Ahvaz protests describes a cell about 4 m in Ahvaz Intelligence Ministry Prison, in an interview with the Boroumand Foundation. He was not taken to the bathroom in the first weeks, and the guards were barely allowed him to use WC and ablution. After a month he had a one-minute conversation in Farsi (Persian language) with his family and after three months he was able to see them for three minutes. He was beaten by several interrogators at the same time. He said: “In the first week, they beat me so hard that I couldn't even get up to go to the toilet. my ribs were broken, my whole body was bruised, my face was swollen, my vision was affected, and my teeth were cracked.” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18574'> Harana reported that he was transferred to Masjid Suleiman prison about a year ago, he was deprived of leave during all the past years, he was not provided with effective medical services, and he is one of the accused in the case of "Explosion on Salman Farsi Street, Ahvaz". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28336'> An informed source told IPA that he was sentenced to life in prison in exile, but the verdict was reduced to 30 years in prison in exile </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41062'> According to an IPA source, Ali Halafi was transferred from Masjid Soleiman prison to Sheyban prison in Ahvaz around this date. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51742'> <reference source='https://t.me/KHRO_ORG/67'> He and a number of other political prisoners in Sheiban prison have been denied access to medical services. According to the report, Jaber Sakhravi, Abdolemam Zaeri, Ali Sayahi, Mohammad Ali Amouri, Ali Halafi, Gholam Hossein Kalbi, and Mokhtar Alboshokeh are the prisoners to whom the Sheiban prison authorities refuse to provide adequate and effective medical services and transfer them to medical centers outside the prison. According to this report, Jaber Sakhravi is suffering from MS and two days ago, despite vomiting blood and being transferred to the prison infirmary, he was returned to Ward Five of Sheyban Prison without receiving adequate medical services. Another Arab political prisoner, Ali Sayahi, who is suffering from diabetes and heart disease, has a similar condition, Abdolemam Zaeri is suffering from prostate disease, Mohammad Ali Amouri is suffering from sinusitis and chest injury, Ali Halafi's knee needs urgent surgery. Gholam Hossein Kalbi is suffering from ear infections, tooth problems, and many other diseases, and Mokhtar Alboshokeh is still deprived of access to adequate and effective medical services despite his bad physical condition deteriorating due to an abdominal hernia. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>