Press release

10-11-2007

Thursday 08th of November 2007 an ethnic Sunni Baloch cleric Kuda Baxsh Eslaamdust a Sermon from port city of Chabahar in Balochistan is arrested by Etelahaat (intelligence services) and till now his whereabouts is unknown.

In the 27th of October 2007, people associated with the Revolutionary Guard attacked a Sunni Masque in Zabol area of Balochistan, the Masque is closed and its Sermon Hafez Mohammad Ali Shahbkhsh has been been arrested.

In the 30th of October again a Sunni Mosque in Jawadiyee area of Bojnord was also destroyed by the security forces.

In Ahwaz, two Sunni religious activists, Shaikh Abdulhamid Doursari and Sheikh Farough were sentenced to eight years of prison, Sheikh Farogh is a teacher.

We have received reports that four Sunni religious activists in Kurdistan have been arrested and their whereabouts is unknown.

Although Sunni population of Iran including the Persian are under severe pressure from this regime but due to the leadership and other center related to Sunni population of Iran in Balochistan province the Balochs are constantly under pressure.

We fear Iranian Islamic regime is trying to create religious tension to justify its increasing suppression against the Sunni Balochs and other oppressed nationalities and religious minorities in an effort to further destabilize the region.

Balochistan Peoples Party condemns these oppressive policies and appeal to human rights organizations and the international community to pressurize the Iranian religious regime to stop harassing, intimidating, arresting and killing of opposition activists.


Nasser Boladai,

Spokesperson for Balochistan Peoples Party