Provincial official warns of unrest among educated Ahwazis
Ahwazi Arab youths pose a threat to national security, according to Sayed Karim Husseini, the Political and Security assistant to the Khuzestan provincial governor. Husseini claimed that an increase in cultural and academic achievement among young Arabs was being exploited and manipulated by Western enemies. He pointed to the increasing political activism among Arab university lecturers, students, teachers and the wider middle-class as proof of the threats against the Islamic Republic.
On camera: Violent racial abuse of Arab students by Basiji teacher
A student has secretly filmed ritual racial attacks on three Ahwazi Arab students by their teacher, Basij member Ali Salehi Por. The teenage students – Mohammed Gharbawi, Ali Reza Gharbawi and Massoud Afrawi – were humiliated in front of their classmates in a violent and organised attack at Faridneya School, Ahwaz City.
Ahwazi child refugee dies of thirst trying to reach Australia
Three year old Ahwazi Arab boy Moustafa Khaled Bayt Lofteh died as a result of severe thirst as his family attempted to flee persecution in Iran for refuge in Australia via Indonesia, according to the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz.
The captain lost navigation for five days during which the passengers exhausted the water and food on board. They were eventually rescued by Australian authorities.Profile of a hero: Mohammad Ali Amouri
Below is a translation of a profile of Ahwazi Arab cultural activist and UNHCR-registered refugee Mohammad
Teenage Ahwazi Arab’s body found in the Karoon River
The body of a 14 year old Ahwazi Arab resident of Hay al-Thawra (Dayereh) was found in the Karoon River last
Ahwazis address Geneva meeting
ACHR director Ali Saedi addresses meeting at GenevaThe Iranian regime is engaged in crimes against humanity in
Geneva: “Ahwazi Arab illiteracy is due to discrimination”
Left to right: Ali Saedi of the Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights,
Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi and Amir Saedi and Saleh Hamid,
EU sanctions against Iranian hanging judges and regime propagandists
Televised forced confessions of Ahwazi political prisoners
lead to EU sanctions against Press TV chiefsThe EU has imposed sanctions on two Iranian judges who have
Iranian outburst against UN Special Rapporteur in human rights session
The Iranian delegate to the UN Human Rights Council was today condemned by the UNHRC President for
AHRO Director speech in the 22 Session of UN Human Rights(Geneva)
Despite the facts that the province has the most fertile lands, the province suffers lack of local investments which
