Iranian Sui cleric: execution of Suis will have negative consequences

Molavi Abdolhamid, the leader of the Baluchi Sui minority in Zahedan province in Iran has raised his conce about the execution of 20 Sui religious activists.

Molavi Abdolhamid

On 5 Aug, Abdolhamid, the Sui Friday prayer Imam of city of Zahidan in southe Iran, said that the recent execution of Sui prisoners in Iran “shows lack of foresight.”

He raised conce that the executions were unfair and urged the families of those executed to keep their calm.

20 Kurdish Sui activist who were Shafi’i religious activists were executed on 2 Aug 2016 in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, Iran.

Those executed were all religious activists or affiliates to Shafi’i Suis from the Kurdish community.

The Islamic republic authorities are saying that the group that were executed were members of Salafi movement; an allegation that many of the Sui prisoners have denied.

Molavi Abdolhamid has waed the central govement in Tehran of sectarian tensions and has said that the execution of the Suis will have negative consequences.

The Baluchi Friday prayer Imam who rarely confronts the central govement in Tehran has raised conces that the enemies of the state especially the hegemonic powers will abuse the news and will take advantage.

Those executed were mostly Kurdish. Suis are the largest minority group in Iran. About 9%of the Iranian population are Sui Muslims—from Larestan, Kurdistan, Balochistan, the Arab populations in the south and the Turkman populations in the northeast Iran.