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no, it is how you describe the minorities of Iran.
We might see minorities revolting in Iran
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no, it is how you describe the minorities of Iran.
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Why are Iranians so hurt?
You Iranians like to talk about problems of minorities in other countries. Why do you get hurt when Turks talk about Iran?
If you keep putting your nose in other people's business. people will put their nose in Iranians business. Iran has huge minority and the way Iran is managing this minority is with force and discrimination. This topic needs to be talked about because one day this will be a big problem for Iran.
You Iranians like to talk about problems of minorities in other countries. Why do you get hurt when Turks talk about Iran?
If you keep putting your nose in other people's business. people will put their nose in Iranians business. Iran has huge minority and the way Iran is managing this minority is with force and discrimination. This topic needs to be talked about because one day this will be a big problem for Iran.
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هر ایرانی که از این به بعد اینجا پست بده با من طرفه 
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why dont we focus on the topic instead of insulting each other guys? come on..
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As far as I know Azeri don't accept Persian identity. They feel close to Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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I wanted to post demands of each minority of Iran separately, but Iranians kept insulting me.
I will continue posting about problems and militant opposition of minorities.
National awakening applies not only to Turks of South Azerbaijan. But to other minoirties as well.
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Iranians only like to focus on the minorities of other countries. Just take a look in the Iranian and Turkish forum. We should help Iranians to face the big problems that are coming.
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Ahwazis: Iran’s Persecution Of Its Arab Minority
The impending execution of five Arabs on charges of “terrorism” underscores the long-term plight of Iran’s Arab minorities.
Ahwazis: Iran’s Persecution Of Its Arab Minority
(Photo: EAHRO)
Ahwazi Arabs in Iran
Iranian officials have reportedly cracked down hard on this ethnic group recently through mass arrests and the imposition of death sentences based on dubious evidence.
The five Iranian-Arabs currently facing execution -- Hadi Rashedi, Hashem Shabani, Mohammad-Ali Amouri, Seyed Mokhtar Alboshokeh, and Seyed Jaber Alboshokeh – are incarcerated in Karoun prison in the southern city of Ahwaz.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes the men were convicted on trumped-up charges.
The judiciary has put forth no public evidence suggesting that these men should spend one more day in prison, let alone hang from the gallows, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW.
The lack of transparency surrounding these men's convictions and sentences is just one more reason why these execution orders should be quashed.
In June, three Ahwazis were executed on charges they killed a policeman. Other Ahwazis have been sentenced to long prison terms on a variety of charges -- and convicted in courts sealed off from the public and with dubious legal representation.
In 2005, a massive demonstration in Khuzestan (with some calling for a separatist state) was met with extreme violence from police, with at least 50 protesters killed and hundreds of others detained.
Human rights activists allege that some Arabs in Iran have been tortured into issuing forced confessions, leading to long prison terms or even execution.
“The high number of reported arrests and killings in Khuzestan province in recent years, combined with the information blackout, suggests that the [Iranian] government has terrible things it wants to hide,” said Joe Stork, deputy director of HRW’s Middle East and North Africa Division.
“Simple justice requires the authorities to open independent and transparent investigations into the fate of those arrested and the allegations of torture.”
An estimated 5 million Ahwazi Arabs live in Iran, principally in the oil-rich Khuzestan province in the southwest, near Kuwait. As non-Persians, they have long faced discrimination, particularly with respect to employment, housing, and civil rights.
“The Iranian authorities marginalize anyone who is not Persian,” said Taha Amjad, a spokesman for the London-based European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization (EAHRO).
“Arabs are persecuted in particular due to their geographical position and the [poor] diplomatic situation [with Arab neighbors Kuwait and Saudi Arabia].”
The Khuzestan province presents a number of ironies – it is rich in oil and gas (Iran’s most important industry), but its people are among the poorest in the country, indicating they have been locked out of the region’s immense wealth. Persians and Azeris who have moved into the region dominate the oil jobs.
Ahwazi Arab lands represent about 90 percent of Iran’s oil revenues and 10 percent of OPEC output – boasting greater oil reserves than the super-wealthy states of United Arab Emirates and Kuwait combined.
EAHRO notes that more than half the population of Khuzestan lives in poverty, with very high child malnutrition rates.
A group called the Ahwazi Arab Solidarity Network (AASN) indicated that at least one-third of Ahwazi Arabs are illiterate, twice the national Iranian average.
AASN also noted that the Ahwazi lands are being destroyed by heavy pollution and river diversion projects carried out by Iranian authorities.
But Iranian authorities are keen to maintain order in Khuzestan due to its economic and strategic importance, with an eye towards stamping out any signs of Ahwazi unrest.
“Attacks on pipelines by Ahwazi militant groups have shaken a [Tehran] regime that is desperate to sustain oil exports amid increasing isolation,” EAHRO said.
“It has claimed, without proof, that Ahwazis are supported by an array of Arab and Western governments as well as Israel, al-Qaeda and international oil producers.”
The Ahwazis were also not rewarded for fighting on Iran’s side against their fellow Arabs in the brutal Iran-Iraq war.
AASN laments that despite their dire circumstances in Iran, the Ahwazis have little hope of leaving the country.
“In the Middle East [Ahwazis] were once warmly welcomed by Syria and Iraq when the governments of these countries were hostile to Iran,” the group stated. “But with the political establishments of these countries favoring Iran, many… Ahwazi refugees have been illegally repatriated to Iran where they have been arrested and often imprisoned and tortured. Others have gone into hiding or have fled the Middle East.”
Ahwazis: Iran
The impending execution of five Arabs on charges of “terrorism” underscores the long-term plight of Iran’s Arab minorities.
Ahwazis: Iran’s Persecution Of Its Arab Minority
(Photo: EAHRO)
Ahwazi Arabs in Iran
Iranian officials have reportedly cracked down hard on this ethnic group recently through mass arrests and the imposition of death sentences based on dubious evidence.
The five Iranian-Arabs currently facing execution -- Hadi Rashedi, Hashem Shabani, Mohammad-Ali Amouri, Seyed Mokhtar Alboshokeh, and Seyed Jaber Alboshokeh – are incarcerated in Karoun prison in the southern city of Ahwaz.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes the men were convicted on trumped-up charges.
The judiciary has put forth no public evidence suggesting that these men should spend one more day in prison, let alone hang from the gallows, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW.
The lack of transparency surrounding these men's convictions and sentences is just one more reason why these execution orders should be quashed.
In June, three Ahwazis were executed on charges they killed a policeman. Other Ahwazis have been sentenced to long prison terms on a variety of charges -- and convicted in courts sealed off from the public and with dubious legal representation.
In 2005, a massive demonstration in Khuzestan (with some calling for a separatist state) was met with extreme violence from police, with at least 50 protesters killed and hundreds of others detained.
Human rights activists allege that some Arabs in Iran have been tortured into issuing forced confessions, leading to long prison terms or even execution.
“The high number of reported arrests and killings in Khuzestan province in recent years, combined with the information blackout, suggests that the [Iranian] government has terrible things it wants to hide,” said Joe Stork, deputy director of HRW’s Middle East and North Africa Division.
“Simple justice requires the authorities to open independent and transparent investigations into the fate of those arrested and the allegations of torture.”
An estimated 5 million Ahwazi Arabs live in Iran, principally in the oil-rich Khuzestan province in the southwest, near Kuwait. As non-Persians, they have long faced discrimination, particularly with respect to employment, housing, and civil rights.
“The Iranian authorities marginalize anyone who is not Persian,” said Taha Amjad, a spokesman for the London-based European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization (EAHRO).
“Arabs are persecuted in particular due to their geographical position and the [poor] diplomatic situation [with Arab neighbors Kuwait and Saudi Arabia].”
The Khuzestan province presents a number of ironies – it is rich in oil and gas (Iran’s most important industry), but its people are among the poorest in the country, indicating they have been locked out of the region’s immense wealth. Persians and Azeris who have moved into the region dominate the oil jobs.
Ahwazi Arab lands represent about 90 percent of Iran’s oil revenues and 10 percent of OPEC output – boasting greater oil reserves than the super-wealthy states of United Arab Emirates and Kuwait combined.
EAHRO notes that more than half the population of Khuzestan lives in poverty, with very high child malnutrition rates.
A group called the Ahwazi Arab Solidarity Network (AASN) indicated that at least one-third of Ahwazi Arabs are illiterate, twice the national Iranian average.
AASN also noted that the Ahwazi lands are being destroyed by heavy pollution and river diversion projects carried out by Iranian authorities.
But Iranian authorities are keen to maintain order in Khuzestan due to its economic and strategic importance, with an eye towards stamping out any signs of Ahwazi unrest.
“Attacks on pipelines by Ahwazi militant groups have shaken a [Tehran] regime that is desperate to sustain oil exports amid increasing isolation,” EAHRO said.
“It has claimed, without proof, that Ahwazis are supported by an array of Arab and Western governments as well as Israel, al-Qaeda and international oil producers.”
The Ahwazis were also not rewarded for fighting on Iran’s side against their fellow Arabs in the brutal Iran-Iraq war.
AASN laments that despite their dire circumstances in Iran, the Ahwazis have little hope of leaving the country.
“In the Middle East [Ahwazis] were once warmly welcomed by Syria and Iraq when the governments of these countries were hostile to Iran,” the group stated. “But with the political establishments of these countries favoring Iran, many… Ahwazi refugees have been illegally repatriated to Iran where they have been arrested and often imprisoned and tortured. Others have gone into hiding or have fled the Middle East.”
Ahwazis: Iran
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You should create a separate thread for this.
These things need to be talked about.
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Iranian government should start acting as Shias, not as Persian fascists.
Iranian regime displaces Arabs in favour of Luris
Iranian regime displaces Arabs in favour of Luris ~ Ahwaz News Agency
Ahwazi Arabs are being forcibly displaced from the Shoaabiyeh area of northern Al-Ahwaz and replaced by Luri tribes from elsewhere, according to the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO).
New settlements that exclude indigenous Arabs are being built for Lurs brought in from the provinces of Lorestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Isfahan and Fars.
Farmland has been confiscated from Arab farmers under a 'tribal housing' programme. Peaceful demonstrations by local farmers in recent days have been forcibly put down by the police and Revolutionary Guards, according to AHRO. Detainees have been taken to secret detention centres on allegations of murder, which human rights activists claim is being use to militarise the Shoaabiyeh region in order to secure the ethnically exclusive Luri settlements.
The following have been arrested amid protests against forced displacement:
•Shapour Hussein Pour Kaabi, 40, married with children, son of Taji, a social and cultural activist accused of murder
•Kaab Hussein Pour, son of Shapour
•Aref Hajat Kaabi, 31, married with children, son of Hajat
•Hussein Hajat Kaabi
•Adel Kaabi, 30, married, son of Hanash
•Mahdi Kaabi, 14
•Khalil Kaabi, 22
•Hashem Salah Kaabi, 23
•Hatam Attiyeh Kaabi, 31, married with one child
•Walid Hanash Kaabi, 24
•Jalil Hamid Kaabi, 18, university student
AHRO has condemned the arbitrary arrests and has called on the Iranian authorities to release the men and halt attempts to change the demography of the Shoaabieyh region.
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Assault on Kurdish rights continues
Iranian opposition slams limitations on use of minority language in schools
created 01/19/2013 - 00:36, updated 01/19/2013 - 15:25
GVF — The Iranian government’s recent restrictions on the use of minority languages are in clear violation of the constitution, says the country’s opposition Green Movement.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, an important body within the movement, voiced its criticism of government measures aimed at curbing the use of Kurdish in the Province of Kermanshah.
The statement, which addresses the Iranian people, is in response to a leaked Education Ministry letter that calls on teachers to refrain from using any language other than Persian at schools in Kermanshah Province, where the majority of the population speak Kurdish. The letter, which is dated 29 December 2012 and marked “confidential,” is signed by Jalal Amini, the head of Education Ministry’s Kermanshah bureau.
The Coordination Council said that the move was a clear breach of the Iranian constitution’s Article 15, which designates Persian as the “official and shared language of Iran,” but at the same time allows for the use of local languages in press, media the education system.
The Council called the Education Ministry’s move “provocative” and went on to add: “This is despite the fact that preserving and strengthening the security and national unity of the country and [its] territorial integrity necessitate the realisation of the fundamental rights of all citizens, while identifying and guaranteeing the rights of all ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities.”
“Such actions are against human rights norms, the articles of the constitution, the country’s international obligations, and the will of the majority of Iranians from all ethnicities, languages and religions,” the statement continued.
Such actions, the Council members argue, ultimately weaken solidarity, national unity and the country’s national interests.
According to a 2010 report by the International Federation for Human Rights, Iranian Kurds suffer from discrimination and their plight has not improved since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
They have suffered harsh political oppression throughout their struggle for their rights and have been denied their political, economic and cultural rights, including their right to use their own language. For Sunni Kurds, their right to freedom of religion has also been violated ever since the revolution.
Despite some improvements in Kurdish rights during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami, the ascent to power of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005 saw a further suppression of Kurdish rights.
http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2013/jan/19/3914
Iranian regime displaces Arabs in favour of Luris
Iranian regime displaces Arabs in favour of Luris ~ Ahwaz News Agency
Ahwazi Arabs are being forcibly displaced from the Shoaabiyeh area of northern Al-Ahwaz and replaced by Luri tribes from elsewhere, according to the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO).
New settlements that exclude indigenous Arabs are being built for Lurs brought in from the provinces of Lorestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Isfahan and Fars.
Farmland has been confiscated from Arab farmers under a 'tribal housing' programme. Peaceful demonstrations by local farmers in recent days have been forcibly put down by the police and Revolutionary Guards, according to AHRO. Detainees have been taken to secret detention centres on allegations of murder, which human rights activists claim is being use to militarise the Shoaabiyeh region in order to secure the ethnically exclusive Luri settlements.
The following have been arrested amid protests against forced displacement:
•Shapour Hussein Pour Kaabi, 40, married with children, son of Taji, a social and cultural activist accused of murder
•Kaab Hussein Pour, son of Shapour
•Aref Hajat Kaabi, 31, married with children, son of Hajat
•Hussein Hajat Kaabi
•Adel Kaabi, 30, married, son of Hanash
•Mahdi Kaabi, 14
•Khalil Kaabi, 22
•Hashem Salah Kaabi, 23
•Hatam Attiyeh Kaabi, 31, married with one child
•Walid Hanash Kaabi, 24
•Jalil Hamid Kaabi, 18, university student
AHRO has condemned the arbitrary arrests and has called on the Iranian authorities to release the men and halt attempts to change the demography of the Shoaabieyh region.
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Assault on Kurdish rights continues
Iranian opposition slams limitations on use of minority language in schools
created 01/19/2013 - 00:36, updated 01/19/2013 - 15:25
GVF — The Iranian government’s recent restrictions on the use of minority languages are in clear violation of the constitution, says the country’s opposition Green Movement.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, an important body within the movement, voiced its criticism of government measures aimed at curbing the use of Kurdish in the Province of Kermanshah.
The statement, which addresses the Iranian people, is in response to a leaked Education Ministry letter that calls on teachers to refrain from using any language other than Persian at schools in Kermanshah Province, where the majority of the population speak Kurdish. The letter, which is dated 29 December 2012 and marked “confidential,” is signed by Jalal Amini, the head of Education Ministry’s Kermanshah bureau.
The Coordination Council said that the move was a clear breach of the Iranian constitution’s Article 15, which designates Persian as the “official and shared language of Iran,” but at the same time allows for the use of local languages in press, media the education system.
The Council called the Education Ministry’s move “provocative” and went on to add: “This is despite the fact that preserving and strengthening the security and national unity of the country and [its] territorial integrity necessitate the realisation of the fundamental rights of all citizens, while identifying and guaranteeing the rights of all ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities.”
“Such actions are against human rights norms, the articles of the constitution, the country’s international obligations, and the will of the majority of Iranians from all ethnicities, languages and religions,” the statement continued.
Such actions, the Council members argue, ultimately weaken solidarity, national unity and the country’s national interests.
According to a 2010 report by the International Federation for Human Rights, Iranian Kurds suffer from discrimination and their plight has not improved since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
They have suffered harsh political oppression throughout their struggle for their rights and have been denied their political, economic and cultural rights, including their right to use their own language. For Sunni Kurds, their right to freedom of religion has also been violated ever since the revolution.
Despite some improvements in Kurdish rights during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami, the ascent to power of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005 saw a further suppression of Kurdish rights.
http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2013/jan/19/3914
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Funny to read those articles..
Since Iranians on this forum do nothing other than bringing up minority isssues in neighboring countries while they suppress and discriminate their own minorities.
More than 40% of Iran is non-Persian. If things get out of hand, Iran will be the past. That is why they suppress and hold on to things but this will make things role faster.
Funny to read those articles..
Since Iranians on this forum do nothing other than bringing up minority isssues in neighboring countries while they suppress and discriminate their own minorities.
More than 40% of Iran is non-Persian. If things get out of hand, Iran will be the past. That is why they suppress and hold on to things but this will make things role faster.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Iran executes three Baluch political prisoners
The Iranian fundamentalist regime has executed three Baluch political prisoners on Saturday morning in Zahedan, the capital of Iranian occupied Balochistan.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Iranian Regime executed the three youth in a blind revenge against human rights laws and humanity. The victims have been named as 25 years old Abdol Basit Rigi, Abdol Jalil Kahrazehi and Yahya Charizahi. They were charged with Moharebeh (enmity against God) and were executed in Zahedan prison, early Saturday morning.
The report further said that two activists were transferred to solitary confinement in the Intelligence Ministry two days before their execution. They were subjected to brutal torture and coerced to a televised confession.
The third Baluch political prisoner Abul Basit, a social activist and a promoter of ‘Human Rights & Democracy’, was reportedly very active on internet. He used to advocate justice, Human rights and democracy in Baluchistan. He was arrested three years ago and kept in solidarity confinement for eleven months. He was physically and mentally tortured. They also kept him in appalling conditions in prison.
Intelligence interrogators subjected Mr Rigi to brutal and inhuman torture and forced him to give televised confessions against himself.
A death sentence by a kangaroo court was passed against all three Baloch political prisoners after their forced confession.
Diaspora communities say that innocent political activist from Kurdish, Baluch and Al-Ahwazi community are executed in different prisons by Iran on regular basis but due to country’s strict grip on news agencies and media such news hardly reach to the wider world or find any space in international media.
Iran executes three Baluch political prisoners - Zahidan - News - Balochwarna News
My opposition is to Persian fascism, not to Iranians. I do not wish death to Shias, nor to any minorities nor Persians.
I wish a peaceful co-existence between communities of Iran. Iran should be reminded of true Shia doctrine.
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I don't think Iran will give freedom to its minorities. Just read what Iranians say on forums. Just look how fascist Iranian regime treats its minorities. They won't change.
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Iran is not one block. We should not antagonise entire Iranian population. Most of them are our brothers.
Wars, rebellion only work for the interests of Jews and Americans. And Jews would prefer Persians over anybody.
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