Growing crimes caused by the extreme poverty that Ahwazi families experience as a result of the Iranian government taking over their agricultural lands and evicting them under the guise of establishing economic projects that are in fact political projects to loot the lands, as reported by a number of Iranian politicians and parliamentarians. By implementing these policies, the authorities want to change the Arab demographics in Ahwaz after building tens of thousands of housing units and handing them over to immigrants from other Iranian provinces, which has caused and will continue to cause conflict between minorities in the future; and Destroying Ahwaz residents' economic foundations after preventing him from cultivating under the guise of water scarcity while the authorities move Ahwazi water to support agriculture in other Iranian provinces, has made Ahwaz, which was ranked first in wheat and date crops, to drop to third place in Iran. According to international laws, the hostile and racist practises of the Iranian government against Ahwazi minority are among the most serious kinds of violations and crimes. We therefore call on the world community as well as those involved in humanitarian issues and human protection to put an end to such violations that amount to crimes against humanity. In conclusion, we appeal to the United Nations to protect Ahwazis and urge the Iranian regime not to transfer water to protect Ahwazi environment and to provide drinking water to Ahwazis as a positive initiative to improve the protection of minority rights in Iran and to prevent future conflicts. Ahwazi Organization for the Defense of Human Rights (AODHR) Hakim.chohbishat@yahoo.com

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