Iranian Arabs held in Syria

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The Syrian authorities have detained five Iranian Arabs on suspicion of having links with an opposition group in Iran.

The Syrian Human Rights Organisation said in a statement on Saturday the five had been detained during the past four days.

The five - allegedly affiliated to the opposition Popular Democratic Front for the Arab Ahwazi People - may face imminent danger to their lives if handed over to Iran, the group said.

On 15 April, Iranian authorities arrested more than 250 Ahwaz residents after demonstrations to protest against alleged government plans to alter the predominantly ethnic Arab composition of Ahwaz city, the provincial capital, by relocating non-Arabs there.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0CEA991D-AB62-4E27-B42E-17A7F3CE8529.htm

Looks like an alliance between the two countries is growing.