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Hezbollah’s CFO flees to Israel carrying stolen money, classified documents
Al Arabiya
Hezbollah’s CFO has fled to Israel taking with him large sum of stolen money, classified documents and maps, local
Teen Ahwazi Arab tortured for religious conversion
Iran regime to destroy unique wetlands
Ahwazi Arabs depend on the freshwater marshes |
What do Arabs of Iran want?
The Arab people of Iran have lived for thousands of years in South Western Iran. They form 6-8% of Iran’s population and are deeply rooted in this ancient land. Under the Mosha’sha dynasty, Arabs acquired an independent entity, called Arabistan, in 1424, which was bound by Kermanshah and Sahne from the north, Ehsa’ and Qatif from the south, Kohgiluye mountains from the east, and Koot, and Emarah from the west. The king EsmailSafavi conquered Arabistan and ended 80 years of independent governance from the capital Howaiza, but he retained their full autonomy. Afterwards, the region was intermittently independent or fully autonomous.
Iran steps up anti-Arab execution campaign
Four more Ahwazi Arab political prisoners are facing execution following verdicts handed down by secretive
New death sentence and imprisonment among Ahwazi political activists
According to Ahwazi Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz city has issued the
“Disappeared” Ahwazi man’s body found dumped in the Karoon
The body of Abbas Sawari, arrested in April 2011, was found washed up on the shore of the River Karoon this week,
Arab engineer facing death under torture in Iran
Industrial engineer and Ahwazi Arab cultural activist Ghazi Haidari is in a critical condition after being tortured at an
Discrimination against Ahwazi Arabs drives up unemployment, say Majlis members
Arab children are forced to search
through rubbish in oil-rich province
Unemployment is an acute problem in Arab-majority Khuzestan province due to refusal to employ local people in
Khuzestan prisons at three times capacity
The over-crowding problem in Khuzestan’s jails has been thrown into the spotlight again after the head of the