Iranian Occupation Courts Extend the Detention of Ahwazi Poet Reza Hezbawi

Al Hour TV reported that the Iranian occupation courts have extended the detention of Ahwazi poet Reza Hezbawi amid increasing repression against activists and intellectuals in Ahwaz. Hezbawi faces baseless charges aimed at silencing voices demanding national rights.

Reza Hezbawi is one of the prominent Ahwazi poets who express the suffering of the Ahwazi people and advocate for their legitimate rights, making him a target for continuous arrests and persecution by the Iranian authorities.

This extension comes amid a widespread campaign of arrests targeting Ahwazi activists, poets, and writers, in an attempt to erase the cultural and linguistic identity of the Ahwazi people, drawing widespread human rights condemnation for this repressive escalation.