London, UK. 13th October 2018. Protesters walk into Parliament Square carrying flags of the Al Ahwaz Liberation Organisation (ALO), adopted by Al Ahwaz in 1920, and protested noisily facing the Houses of Parliament calling for Iran to end the repression of their people and to get out of their land. Al Ahwaz, the northern side of the Persian Gulf was under British control until 1925, with the population enjoying considerable autonomy as Arabistan. The emirate was dissolved by the Persian regime following a rebellion in 1924 and the area occupied by Persian troops, and a process of 'Persianisati
London, UK. 13th October 2018. Protesters walk into Parliament Square carrying flags of the Al Ahwaz Liberation Organisation (ALO), adopted by Al Ahwaz in 1920, and protested noisily facing the Houses of Parliament calling for Iran to end the repression of their people and to get out of their land. Al Ahwaz, the northern side of the Persian Gulf was under British control until 1925, with the population enjoying considerable autonomy as Arabistan. The emirate was dissolved by the Persian regime following a rebellion in 1924 and the area occupied by Persian troops, and a process of 'Persianisation' imposed on the area, attempting to destroy it's Arab culture, and they renamed the area Khuzestan. Unrest and insurgency have continued since then, and discrimination against the Ahwazi increased under the Islamic Regime, impoverishing the area which contains much of Iran's natural resources, particularly oil, which has also resulted in the area being one of the most polluted in the world. There has been widespread civil unrest since 2015, with massive protests this April on the anniversary of the 2011 Ahwaz Day of Rage, itself an anniversary of the 2005 unrest. On September 22nd, militants from the Ahwaz National Resistance opened fire on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard parade in the city of Ahvaz, killing 25 soldiers and civilians (for which Daesh also claimed responsibility.)
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