According to reports received by the Karun Human Rights Organisation, the Revolutionary Court of Ahwaz has sentenced three Ahwazi Arab citizens to a total of 40 years in prison and exile on charges of membership in “terrorist and Takfiri groups.”

Reliable sources state that Judge Kati, head of Branch 2 of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, issued the sentences against three prisoners of conscience: Hossein Sahagi, Jasem Lwaimi, and Saleh Sarkhi.
According to the verdict, Hossein Sahagi and Saleh Sarkhi were each sentenced to 12 years in prison and two years in exile, while Jasem Lwaimi received 10 years in prison and two years in exile.

Informed sources emphasised that the case evidence consisted solely of several downloaded images from social media found on the defendants’ mobile phones, and that no credible or judicially valid evidence proving any connection between the defendants and “armed or terrorist groups” was presented.
The legal proceedings were reportedly lacking in transparency, and reports indicate that the defendants were subjected to security pressures and extrajudicial interrogations.

Alarming Condition of Hossein Sahagi

Previously, the Karun Human Rights Organisation had issued several separate reports warning about the dire physical and psychological condition of Hossein Sahagi.
He is a resident of Ahwaz and is currently held in Ward 5 of Sheyban Prison in Ahwaz. Since his arrest, Sahagi has reportedly been subjected to torture, threats, and harsh interrogation conditions, leading to severe psychological collapse.

In May of last year, the organisation reported that following torture and mental pressure in prison, he had stopped eating, sleeping, and speaking, and was transferred for a time to a psychiatric center in Ahwaz. 
Despite his deteriorating physical and mental condition, prison authorities have refused to grant him medical leave, and he has been returned to the general ward without access to adequate medical care.