Execution of Arab Iranian poet Hashem Shaabani condemned by rights groups

Poet and leading member of banned cultural organisation run by Ahwazi Arab minority reported hanged after public confession International human rights activists have strongly condemned the execution of an Iranian poet who was a prominent member of a banned cultural organisation run by the country's Arab ethnic minority. Hashem Shaabani, a 32-year-old poet from Iran's Ahwazi Arab community, was