Hamidolah Arbabi

<p>Hamidolah (Obeidolah) Arbabi is from Nekhach village in Nikshahr country of Sistan and Baluchistan province. He was arrested in 2019 by people claiming to be Chabahar intelligence agents. There is no information about his fate since his arrest. The Islamic Republic and its institutions are not answering any questions about his situation.</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='40294'> Hamidollah Arbabi was arrested by intelligence officers of Chabahar in his house in Nikshahr. Zobeydeh Molazahi, wife of Hamidollah Arbabi, told the Atlas researcher about the way he was arrested: > Seven or eight people in civilian and military uniforms who introduced themselves as agents of Chabahar City Intelligence Department arrested him at around 2:30 AM, without presenting a court order or identification card. They just entered the house and arrested him. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40295'> <reference source='https://balochcampaign.us/%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C/'> After eight months, there is no information about Hamidollah Arbabi's condition and he has not had any contact with his family. According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, the security agents detained Mr. Arbabi's brother and his wife for 24 hours in order to put pressure on Mr. Arbabi's family and prevent them from pursuing the case and told them: > You must accept that we are not responsible for his arrest and "he has crossed the border and left the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40296'> <reference source='https://rasanknews.com/2020/09/08/%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa-%da%a9%d9%85%da%a9-%d9%87%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%b1-%d8%ad%d9%85%db%8c%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b3%d8%a7/'> Rasank News published a video of Hamidollah Arbabi's wife, Zobeydeh Molazahi, in which she asks for help from human rights organizations to find her husband. Mrs. Malazahi says that since the arrest of her husband, he has not had any contact with his family, and the Islamic Republic and its related institutions are not responsible for the reason for her arrest and her latest status. In a part of the video, Zobeydeh Molazahi says: > During this time, I went to all the security agencies and even the court. [Police] detained me for 24 hours. The agents told me that the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran did not arrest your husband, you either killed him yourself or helped him flee the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40297'> <reference source='https://rasanknews.com/2021/04/23/%da%af%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b4-%d8%b3%d9%85%db%8c%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%ad%d9%82%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a8%d8%b4%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%ad%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%88%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%b1%d8%ad/'> According to Rasanak News, Nasser Balidehi, head of the Organization of Nations and Peoples Without Representatives, in an online meeting with Javaid Rahman, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, while discussing the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and women, mentioned the "kidnapping" of Hamidollah Arbabi, and said his wife; Ms. Molazahi has been under "constant pressure" for seeking help from human rights institutions to follow up on her husband's condition, and due to the suspension of the family's bank account, she is unable to provide for herself and her four children's living expenses. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40298'> The security authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have announced to the family of Hamidollah Arbabi through a person named "Hozour Hout" that he was executed six months ago. According to an Atlas source, "Hozour Hout" expressed ignorance regarding Mr. Arbabi's burial place. This source also identified "Hozour Hout" as a members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and former Basij of Rask city in Sistan and Baluchistan province. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40299'> The case of Hamidollah Arbabi was sent by the Baluchistan Human Rights Group to the United Nations Task Force on Involuntary or Forced Disappearances. A source told the Atlas researcher that after collecting field data and interviewing first-hand sources about the arrest of Hamidollah Arbabi, the group sent the case to the United Nations Task Force on Involuntary or Forced Disappearances, and after accepting the case, the Task Force announced its investigation. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40300'> According to an Atlas source, Chabahar Intelligence Organization ordered Zubeydeh Molazahi, Mr. Arbabi's wife, to stop all investigations related to her husband and not to blame the Islamic Republic for his arrest. This source said that Mrs. Molazahi has been summoned to Chabahar intelligence three times since the beginning of September this year. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40301'> Niaz Molazahi, the brother-in-law of Hamidollah Arbabi, was arrested. Announcing this news, a source told Atlas that IRGC agents arrested him in Nikshahr without presenting a court order. According to this source, Niaz Molazahi has been accused of publishing falsehoods because of his posts on social networks about Mr. Arbabi. Niaz Malazahi was released after some time. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40302'> <reference source='https://rasanknews.com/2022/01/23/%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%88%db%8c%db%8c%d8%aa%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d9%87%d8%b2%d8%a7/'> Following the call of Baluch human rights activists for a Twitter storm, social media users with the hashtag "Hamidollah Arbabi" protested to the Islamic Republic for the arrest and lack of accountability regarding Mr. Arbabi's condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54006'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/16307'> After more than four years since the arrest of Hamidollah Arbabi, there is no news about his condition. According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, four months before the arrest of Mr. Arbabi, the Provincial Intelligence Department summoned him by phone and after he did not visit them, they called him again a week later and said that he would be arrested if he did not go to them. According to this report, his wife and brother have contacted all security institutions, but the security forces said they were unaware of Mr. Arbabi's arrest, and his wife was detained by intelligence agents for 24 hours due to repeated follow-ups. According to this report, his family and human rights organizations have expressed their concern about the lack of response from the security institutions about Hamidollah's condition, and the possibility of his death in prison, death under torture, or his execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56735'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/18891'> Five years after his arrest, there is still no information on his whereabouts and condition. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>