Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I wish you Madame Chair and the ladies and gentlemen to be staying safe and well during these difficult times that all the world is encountering. Especially big thanks and hi from my nation, which is Ahwazi Arab nation, who are suffering from the hate speech and hatred, unfortunately, by the Iranian occupation regime. If we would like to talk about the hate, speech hatred, the Iranian regime must accept and admit the existence of Ahwazis and not ignore them in the media, or by their cyber army that is trying to make fun of the Ahwazi Arabs. Unfortunately, there is a Persian test being allocated inside Iran for the children from the non-Persian nations, such as the Ahwazi Arabs, South Azerbaijan Turks, Baluchistan, Kurdistan, South Turkmenistan, who are mainly speaking other than Persian, and it’s being advised by the Iranian Ministry of Education. For those children who cannot pass this test, they cannot enter the school. That is really important for the country, such as Iranian regime, that has signed the United Nations norms and treaties and especially the child conventions. So it’s really important for them to avoid and discard such a test, and accept the bilingual Arab language, the other non Persian nations who are suffering for decades, especially …

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