A group of residents of Ahvaz, southern Iran gathered across the River Shore to protest the local government inaction to save the River. They demanded that a government body must be established to preserve the River and the environment surrounding it.

But the regime official instead of acknowledging the justified demand of people, unleashed the security forces to break up the demonstration and beat and arrest the demonstrators. As the result a number of people were arrested and some including Abdullah Obiat, Mehdi Bait Sayyah, Naji Obiat, Khalid Mahavi and Hamadi were taken for interrogation.