Oil and Gas: The Stolen Wealth of the Ahwazi Arab Nation by the Iranian Occupation and Policies of Demographic Change and Environmental Destruction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 1925, the Ahwazi Arab nation has been subjected to brutal and military occupation by the Iranian occupying regime. Throughout these decades, the Iranian occupying state has systematically and deliberately looted the vast natural resources of the Ahwazi Arab nation, utilizing these stolen resources to sustain its economy and intensify oppression against occupied nations, particularly the Ahwazi Arabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enormous oil and gas reserves of Ahwaz, rightfully belonging to the Ahwazi Arab nation, constitute the bulk of revenues for the Iranian occupying state. Despite being the legitimate owners of these abundant resources, the Ahwazi Arab people continue to suffer severe economic deprivation, poverty, widespread unemployment, racial discrimination, and social inequality. Revenues extracted from Ahwaz have never been used for the development or welfare of the Ahwazi Arab nation but instead have financed further repression, occupation efforts, and the silencing of any voice advocating freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to unprecedented economic exploitation, the Iranian occupying state has adopted dangerous and racist policies aimed at eradicating the national and cultural identity of the Ahwazi Arab nation. Among these policies are systematic demographic changes involving forced migration, resettlement of non-Arab settlers in Ahwazi cities and villages, deliberate changing of Arabic place names into Persian ones, and the removal of the Arabic language from the educational curriculum. These actions constitute explicit human rights violations and flagrantly violate international laws and conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, one of the most severe crises currently facing the Ahwazi Arab nation due to policies implemented by the Iranian occupying state is the environmental catastrophe. The Iranian occupation has deliberately engaged in the systematic destruction of the Ahwazi environment, implementing devastating measures such as irresponsible dam construction projects on critical rivers such as the Karun and Karkheh, diverting river waters to central regions of Iran, intentionally drying vital wetlands such as the Hor Al-Azim and Hor Al-Falahia, and causing extensive industrial and petroleum-related pollution. These destructive measures have led to the devastation of Ahwazi agricultural lands and natural resources, exacerbating humanitarian crises in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We, at the Ahwazi Center for Human Rights, strongly condemn these colonial and racist policies carried out by the Iranian occupying state and call upon the international community, the United Nations, international human rights organizations, the European Union, and all democratic nations to exert diplomatic and political pressure on the Iranian regime. We demand an immediate end to the occupation of Ahwaz, the cessation of the systematic plunder of the Ahwazi Arab nation\u2019s oil and gas resources, and an immediate halt to demographic alteration and environmental destruction policies targeting this oppressed nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ahwazi Arab nation, as a nation under occupation, has the inalienable right to self-determination and sovereignty over its own natural resources according to international law. Fulfilling these legitimate rights is a responsibility shared by the international community and all human rights advocacy organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hossein Bouazar originates from Ahwaz and stands as a fervent champion for human rights. Deeply connected to his Ahwazi Arab heritage, his literary works illuminate the adversities faced by this community. An outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, Hossein bravely highlights the grave human rights violations inflicted upon the Ahwazi Arabs. Through his compelling narratives, he seeks to amplify international consciousness of the challenges the Ahwazi Arabs encounter. His prose resonates as a defiant call for a world that upholds the inherent rights of every individual, irrespective of their ethnic roots or background.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oil and Gas: The Stolen Wealth of the Ahwazi Arab Nation by the Iranian Occupation and Policies of Demographic Change and Environmental Destruction Since 1925, the Ahwazi Arab nation has been subjected to brutal and military occupation by the Iranian occupying regime. Throughout these decades, the Iranian occupying state has systematically and deliberately looted the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ahwaz","category-human-rights","category-picture","category-reports"],"yoast_head":"\n