Ali Peyravinejad

He was arrested among a group of Arab ethnic activists in 2016. They had called on people to help clean the streets for Eid Aladha and had a related hashtag.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='7359'> Younes Alsarkhi, Adnan Bayanat, Mostafa Obaidavi, Ali Pairavinejad, and Rahim Sharahani were arrested. According to the reports, they were arrested for using a hashtag to call for a gathering to clean up a street in Ahvaz for Eid Aladha. According to his brother years later, Younes Alsarkhi was tortured at the time. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15206'> They were released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15199'> The third branch of the revolutionary court of Ahvaz presided by judge Masoud Tahmasbi sentenced Rahim Sharhani to one year and Younes Alsarkhi to six months in prison. Ali Pairavinejad and Adnan Bayanat were sentenced to pay 10 million rials in fines. They were all charged with propaganda against the state through agitation and promoting ideas from Arab socialist groups for an illegal gathering. </coverage-outsourcing>