Daniel Brett
You are repeating the same things that you stated earlier without adding anything new. The only difference is the order of the words and sentences. You are telling me that your arguments are backed up by “reports” from organizations and then you refer to one document which is about treatment of Khuzestanis by current Islamic regime as a proof. Dear friend, I don’t know who you are but going by your name, you are not an Ahwazi or a Khuzestani. My sister and my brother are living in Ahwaz right now. I have relatives all over Khuzestan. I have lived and worked most of my life in Khuzestan. You can not tell me that you know Khuzestan better than me or you favor Ahwazi ans Khuzestani people more than me. You can tell other readers whatever you like but don’t expect me to agree with you when I KNOW the facts and show you the holes in your arguments. You can call me anything you wish but I assure you that will not have any effect on me and does not make your arguments more credible.
If your friend or supporter comes hear and LIES about some facts then I can not call it anything but LIE. I am personally not worried that your little article can have any effect over the true patriotic Khuzestani and Ahwazi population especially in the field but since I came across this place by fluke and saw this extremely poor article as far as real information, then I decided to share my points of view. Apparently you have already made your mind and decided that Khuzestan is “occupied territories” and was “confiscated” by Iranian government which tells me a lot about how poorly informed you are about history and background of the region and then you want to explain to me that Khuzestanis are more supressed by Iranian government just based on their ehnicity which is absolutely misleading your readers about facts in Iran. There is nothing in any of the reports indicating that Khuzestani Arabs are treated worse or better than any other ethnic group in Iran.
As I mentioned earlier, Khuzestani Arabs have been and continue to be part of the government and some of them actually are working with current regime (I was questioned by one of them one) exactly like others from other places and ethnic groups. Many of those who collaborate with Islamic regime in Iraq are Khuzestani Arabs who shuttle to other side of border easily and freely everyday. remember that I LIVED THERE and I KNOW THESE FACTS.
For tha last time I repeat that you have no real valid argument and everything in your writings here tells me that you have no information about the subject of your own argument which is based on seperating Ahwazi from rest of Iranians. This a dream which will never materialize. I am personally for more share for Khuzestanis (in general, not just Arabs) in self governing and budgeting of the province but that is far from what you claim here about “land confiscation” and “occupied territories” which is totally ridiculous and silly to a Khuzestani. Iranian Arabs own almost all palm tree farms around Ahwaz, Khoramshahr and Abadan but the oil resources mostly come from where there is no or little Arabs live there. Ahwaz and Khuramshahr are the only cities with major Arab population and from those Ahwaz has some oil resources around it.
Iranian government in the past (prior to revolution in 1979) had invested billions of dollars in Khuzestan in which many Arabs worked and still working. These investments include many industrial units in different fields, shipping and receiving facilities, refining and petrochemical plants, heavy machinary industries, military installations and factories. It is obvious that any nation should guard its territory and investments against ill minded agressors and no body can tell Iranians why they have military installments in Khuzestan or elsewhere within the boundaries of their own territory
That’s all I have to say here. I don’t think I will have extra time to waste on this useless discussion about meaningless and baseless arguments which are repeatedly brought up by you without any knowledge about the facts in the filed.
