CHRC meet with three representatives from the EU Ahwazi Human Rights Organisation

On the 13th September members of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission met three representatives from the EU Ahwazi Human Rights Organisation.

 

They came to raise the profile of the gross human rights abuses being carried out by the Iranian regime against its Arab citizens in Al-Ahwaz, the oil-rich south-west region of Iran which the Tehran regime calls Khuzestan.  Between 8 and 10 million Ahwazi Arabs live in the region and despite the fact that the area accounts for 90% of Iranian oil revenues, two thirds of Ahwazi Arabs live in poverty.

 

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.