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The Tragedy of Self-Immolation Among Street Vendors in Iran

Ahmad Baledi, a young Ahvazi Arab student, self-immolated after municipal agents violently demolished his family’s kiosk, igniting public outrage, repression, and renewed attention to systemic violence and discrimination against street vendors and marginalized communities. The death of Ahmad Baledi, a 21-year-old student from Ahvaz who set himself on fire in protest at poverty and corruption, is the latest in a chain of self-immolations among Ir…Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

Toxic Skies Over Khuzestan: Iran’s Oil Wealth Turns Deadly Amid Regime Negligence

As poisonous gas clouds suffocate southern Iran, the regime’s decades of corruption and neglect have left citizens struggling to breathe. In Khuzestan — a province where the land beneath people’s feet overflows with oil — breathing has become a daily struggle. Air quality in Ahvaz and surrounding areas, including the villages near Gheyzaniyeh, has reached the “very unhealthy” and “purple” levels on the pollution index, the most dangerous categor…Corruption · Ahvaz Read Article

Death of Ahvaz Student Sparks Outrage After Self-Immolation Over Forced Demolition

20-year-old student Ahmad Baladi dies after setting himself on fire to protest the unlawful destruction of his family’s kiosk by municipal and police forces in Ahvaz. Ahmad Baladi, a 20-year-old student from Ahvaz, has died after suffering severe burns from self-immolation. The young man set himself on fire in protest after municipal agents, accompanied by police forces, demolished his family’s small kiosk without a court order. His death has s…Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

Jen Percy on Self-Preservation, Playing Dead, and Writing About Gendered Violence

The first time I encountered Jen Percy’s work she was reading it herself, in Iowa City, in a subterranean venue at a graduate students reading series called Anthology. The essay involved a guinea pig, one I can still picture in my head. Jen is that kind of writer; her prose is indelible. She was finishing an MFA in creative nonfiction at the time, and later finished another in fiction, and later still she reported from Afghanistan and Iraq. She …Ahvaz · Ahvaz See the Story

Outrage in Ahvaz After Young Student’s Self-Immolation in Protest Against Injustice

The tragic act of 20-year-old Ahmad Baladi sparks public anger and condemnation of the regime’s corruption and brutality On Thursday night, November 6, 2025, a wave of grief and outrage swept through the city of Ahvaz after 20-year-old student Ahmad Baladi set himself on fire in protest against the violent demolition of his father’s small kiosk by municipal agents. Dozens of angry citizens gathered outside Taleghani Hospital, where Ahmad is bein…Corruption · Ahvaz Read Article

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Reza Abdali

HRANA – The death sentence and prison term of Reza Abdali, a political prisoner held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, have been upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court, the country’s highest judicial authority. Abdali had previously been sentenced to death and 15 years in prison by the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). According to information obtained by HRANA, the Supreme Court recently confirmed and notified Abdal…Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

Maryam Zubeidi Arrested and Transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz

HRANA – Maryam Zubeidi, a resident of Ahvaz, was arrested on Saturday, November 1, to serve her prison sentence and transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz. Ms. Zubeidi was taken into custody after appearing at the Enforcement of Judgments Branch of the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court. She had previously been summoned to this branch to begin serving her four-year prison sentence. A source close to the case told HRANA that eight months of Ms. Zubeidi’s …Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

Demographic statistical study of people with Leishmaniasis in Ahvaz city during 2014-2022

Introduction: Leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases between humans and animals. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmaniasis) is transmitted to a healthy person through the bite of a sandfly from the family Psichidae, subfamily Phlebotominae, from animal rese...Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts - CDM Create Digital Music

Odiv, a young composer from Ahvaz, communes in Shelâl with deeply felt darkness. It's haunted not as a fetish, not as the pastiche musical surplus equivalent of a costume shop, as piles up in so much "dark" music. But it's a horror that's movingly personal. Maybe it's time for tea and conversation with all our demons and ghosts. Out now on Zabte Sote. The post Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts appeared first on CDM Cr…Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

After 20 Years in Prison, Ali Halafi Granted Medical Furlough

HRANA – After 20 years in prison and years of being denied adequate medical care, political prisoner Ali Halafi was granted a seven-day medical furlough today from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, after posting bail. According to HRANA, political prisoner Ali Halafi was temporarily released from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz for medical treatment after serving two decades behind bars. Halafi suffers from gastrointestinal and pulmonary diseases, bleeding hemor…Ahvaz · Ahvaz Read Article

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The Tragedy of Self-Immolation Among Street Vendors in Iran

Toxic Skies Over Khuzestan: Iran’s Oil Wealth Turns Deadly Amid Regime Negligence

Death of Ahvaz Student Sparks Outrage After Self-Immolation Over Forced Demolition

Jen Percy on Self-Preservation, Playing Dead, and Writing About Gendered Violence

Outrage in Ahvaz After Young Student’s Self-Immolation in Protest Against Injustice

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Reza Abdali

Maryam Zubeidi Arrested and Transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz

Demographic statistical study of people with Leishmaniasis in Ahvaz city during 2014-2022

Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts - CDM Create Digital Music

After 20 Years in Prison, Ali Halafi Granted Medical Furlough

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The Tragedy of Self-Immolation Among Street Vendors in Iran

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Death of Ahvaz Student Sparks Outrage After Self-Immolation Over Forced Demolition

Jen Percy on Self-Preservation, Playing Dead, and Writing About Gendered Violence

Outrage in Ahvaz After Young Student’s Self-Immolation in Protest Against Injustice

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Reza Abdali

Maryam Zubeidi Arrested and Transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz

Demographic statistical study of people with Leishmaniasis in Ahvaz city during 2014-2022

Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts - CDM Create Digital Music

After 20 Years in Prison, Ali Halafi Granted Medical Furlough

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