and the Arab Ahwazis as part of their people. However, it appears that successive Iranian governments (both Pahlavi and clerical), since the region’s incorporation into Iran, have not spared any effort in destroying the human rights of the region’s people, carrying out ethnic cleansing as if they were not truly part of the Iranian people, and harming the region’s environment as if it were not part of the whole country. The nation has moral obligations and duties regarding rights relating to realising the demands of the Al Ahwazi people as they have signed international treaties on this subject. The activists are asking for steps to be taken which adhere to the fundamental rights which the United Nations outlined for minorities as mentioned above, as follows: 1. Economic, social, political and environmental development. 2. The right to establish parties and have political participation; up to now there has not been a single governor of Al Ahwaz from Al Ahwaz. 3. To enjoy their cultural rights to education and using their mother tongue (Arabic) in schools and universities. 4. Stop executing political activists and carrying out arbitrary arrests 5. Pay attention to the quality of the environment in the region. In conclusion, if the Iranian government kept to its obligations to its people and the environment in the region of Al Ahwaz, political stability would prevail, as well as social security for the Arabs of Al Ahwaz, and the environmental situation in the region would improve. A small moral obligation from the state towards the people and the place of Al Ahwaz would result in gains for everyone, the government, the people, and the environment.

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