According to reports received by the Karoon Human Rights Organization, Mohammad Ali Amouri, an Ahwazi Arab political prisoner, was returned to Ward 5 of Sheyban Prison on Tuesday, 19 May, after approximately 10 days of incommunicado detention in the custody of the Ministry of Intelligence in Ahwaz.
According to the reports, Amouri, a fisheries engineer and graduate of Isfahan University of Technology who is serving a life sentence, had been transferred from Sheyban Prison to an undisclosed location by security forces approximately 10 days earlier. Throughout this period, no information was available regarding his whereabouts or condition, prompting widespread concern among his family and human rights advocates.
Human rights sources stated that security agents removed the political prisoner from Sheyban Prison on 9 May. Despite repeated inquiries by his family, the relevant authorities refused to provide any clear information regarding his fate or place of detention.
Mohammad Ali Amouri is a well-known Ahwazi Arab political prisoner who has spent years in Sheyban Prison under harsh conditions, without adequate access to medical care and while being repeatedly denied prison leave. He was previously sentenced to death on charges including moharebeh (“enmity against God”) and efsad-e fel-arz (“corruption on earth”), although his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.
According to human rights sources, Amouri has been transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention center in Ahwaz on several occasions in recent years, where he has reportedly been subjected to pressure and abuse.
Over the years, numerous reports have documented the poor conditions inside Sheyban Prison, including torture, security-related harassment, deliberate denial of medical treatment, and the filing of new cases against political prisoners. In previous reports, the Karoon Human Rights Organization described these conditions as constituting the “silent killing” of political prisoners.
