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Iran: World’s leading supporter of separatism
By Nasser Bani Assad
Iran jealously guards its territorial integrity to the extent that members of non-Persian ethnic groups are imprisoned 
Islamic Republic: anti-women, anti-Arab
By Saedieh Bentarif
Generally speaking by looking at current facts about Ahwazi Arab women, you see that these women have a similar
Ahwazi: Landmines Continue To Kill
Ahwazi Arabs employed to clear landmines continue to face serious risk as an estimated 16 million landmines 
Poverty and discrimination force Ahwazis into mine clearance
Anti-personnel mines are claiming lives of Ahwazi Arabs, according to recent reports.
Mine explosions were reported in Sahel Maysan, Dashte Azadegan in November as local Arabs were employed in mine-sweeping along border areas, according to the head of the local judiciary Hamid Azakereh.
Clinton issues ‘strong warning’ to Assad over chemical arms
Al Arabiya with agencies
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday issued a “strong warning” to the regime of Bashar al-Assad over
“Al-Ahwaz will be next battle after Syria”
Relations between the opposition to Syria’s Assad regime and the Ahwazi Arabs are growing with both forging bonds to fight their common enemy, the Iranian regime. With Iran now in effective control over its Syrian vassal state, the Syrian opposition have pledged to support the Ahwazi struggle in meetings with senior Ahwazi leaders.
Discrimination against Arabs in Iranian football
Discrimination is starving budding Ahwazi Arab footballers of sponsorship and equipment, according to local coaches.
Rasoul Sayahi, the coach of the Jenobeh-Azadegan football team in the Arab-majority town Sosangerd (Khafajiyeh), told Farsnews: “Our players do not have a soccer shoes to play with. We managed to be within the first four teams in province’s league division one without having support and managed to qualify for the provincial championship.”
Hospital overwhelmed by cancer epidemic among Ahwazi Arabs
Pollution caused by industry and war is leading to high rates of cancer among Ahwazi Arabs, according to local sources.
Dr Ali Ehsan Pour, the head of Ahwaz City’s Shafa Hospital, which specialises in oncology, said many locals were dying due to lack of trained staff and sufficient medical facilities to deal with the high number of cases.
Iran’s wave of arrests widens following pipeline explosion allegations
The Iranian regime has used a recent militant attack on a pipeline to widen arrests of Ahwazi Arabs with at least arrested this morning (18 November), including a prominent poet. The latest arrests confirm that the attack is being used by the authorities to frame and punish innocent people and non-violent activists, including those who use traditional cultural means to express Arab sentiments
Arrests in Shush following pipeline explosion
The Iranian regime has rounded up a number of men in the Khalaf Al-Moslem area near Shush as it seeks to combat a growing armed insurgency among members of the persecuted and deprived Ahwazi Arab community.
