Padmaz
Madame Chair,
My name is Abdulrahman Heidari. I am representing the Patriotic Arabic Democratic Movement
of Al-Ahwaz in Padmaz. Although taking part in this Forum, which is a great opportunity for
minorities to share their concern with others, it has its own risk as well. For example, last year, my
family back in my occupied country Al-Ahwaz, were threatened and humiliated by the Iranian
authorities because of my participation in this Forum. Also a warning message was sent to me, it
threatened me that if I don’t stop my activities they will reach me, meaning they will assassinate
me or kidnap me, similar to what happened to [?] Ahwazi citizen.
Madame Chair,
Thousand of Ahwazi activists have scarified their lives for the sake of their oppressed nation. The
Iranian regime has implemented a wide range of racist policies in order to erase our identity,
including anti Arab policy. Basically, the Arab hatred is one of the main cause of Iranian
nationalism. I refer you to many books written in this regard, latest of which are murdered by
Iranian nationalism [?]. The Arab hatred has been emphasized not only by the Iranian media,
filmmakers, artists, football players, computer game programmer, but also unfortunately by the
politicians and decision makers from the heads to the toes. For instance, the Supreme Leader uses
hated terms in his speechs against other nations, including …