Ahwazi Arab inhabitants who are living in the vicinity of marshes and wetlands, such as that of Hor-Al-Azim (which has dried up because of the actions of the Iranian oil companies), frequently release video clips that demonstrate the horrific surge of sand storms from the dried wetlands.
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The Iranian regime intensifies crackdown on Ahwazi activists in run-up to election
In the run-up to the Presidential and municipal elections, scheduled for mid-May this year, the Iranian regime has embarked on a campaign of mass arrests of dozens of Ahwazi Arab activists, whose fate and whereabouts are unknown.
Read MoreAhwazi Arabs support their football team in courageously national style
On Tuesday, March 14, the Ahwazi Arab people defied the odds and scored another victory in their struggle for freedom and justice against the tyranny of the Iranian regime, this time in a sports arena.
Read More30 Years Since the Iran-Iraq War, The Suffering Continues for Ahwazis in War-Devastated Cities
In this short film, Ahwazi Arab locals in the cities of Mohammareh and Abadan near the Iran-Iraq border in Iran talk about the horrendous suffering there, lamenting the medieval conditions of destitution, deprivation and medieval poverty, despite the Ahwaz region housing over 90 percent of the oil and gas wealth claimed by Iran.
Read MoreThe Mass destruction of palm trees in Ahwaz is intensifying
When we see the terrible destruction of palm trees around the Shat Al-Arab waterway, it often reminds us of the eight years of war between Iran and Iraq that resulted in devastation of human lives and of the environment.
Read MoreAhwazi activist, denied asylum in Netherlands, gets six year sentence upon his return to Iran
An Ahwazi human rights activist who was denied asylum in the Netherlands and forced to return to Iran after fleeing Iranian regime persecution was sentenced on Friday to six years imprisonment in an Iranian court for the ‘crime’ of attending protests calling for freedom.
Read MoreAhwazi Arab villages in south west of Iran trapped in cycle of oppression after their farmlands forcibly confiscated by Iranian regime
This short film documents crimes such as the destruction of a village, destruction of farmland, forcible confiscation of land, air and water contamination, denial of employment of Ahwazi Arabs and the creation of barriers and enclaves around their farmlands, thus cutting off the local Arabs from their livelihood and deliberately restricting their access to natural resources.
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