Ahwaz the land of human pains All of us have heard over and over official statements from occupier’s Iranian theocratic regime officials that the occupied Ahwaz territory which is located in the south and south west of so-called “Iran” is “Heart of Iran economy”. The main natural resources in Ahwaz is oil, natural gas, fertilized land, metals such as copper, gold, and the rich mineral deposits of the Karoon, Al-karkhe Rivers. 40-50 percent of Iran gross domestic product comes from Ahwaz which produces more than four million barrels of oil each day. Natural gas is estimated to be at 25 trillion cubic metres. Karoon and Al-Karkhe are the main veins of life of irrigation for farmers in Ahwaz which is known for palm trees and dates. The Ahwaz region also has great potential in cultivating wheat, barely, sugar cane, beetroot, rice, cotton, citrus fruits, berries, watermelon and much vegetable products. Yet, 98 percent of this revenue systematically redirected to ethnic Persian regions for boosting the investment, economic advances and creating more job opportunities. Instead, the Ahwazi Arab who are the owners of these wealth have received the most harshest hardship such as abject poverty and homelessness due to the inflation and hovering unemployment, the rise of addiction, increase in divorce rate mainly as a result of economic and financial problems, the lowest life expectancy, water contamination from chemical martials being dumped into the rivers by petrochemical factories , diseases and rampant respiratory disorder ,cancer caused by the air pollution as it has come to light officially by the world health organization which confirmed Ahwaz is the most polluted region in the world due to the high industrial activities . The Ahwazi people are even deprived of right to learn in their own Arabic tongue that caused many of Ahwazi Arab quit the schools as education program being adopted just in Persian language which is not the language of 55 percent of population of people in geography of Iran(Ahwaz, Kurdistan, south Azerbaijan, Baluchistan ,,,). Despite all the opportunities and potential possibilities of having jobs in oil, gas, petrochemical industries, mineral and agricultural and livestock fields; Ahwazi Arabs are still living in miserable poverty condition caused by the Iran regime systematic discriminatory policies against the Ahwazi Arabs. The official unemployment rate for Iran lies at approximately 12%; however, in Ahwaz the unemployment rate is hovering at nearly 20%. Official statistics have the unemployment rate for Ahwazi Arab youth and women at about 50%. most Ahwazi houses which had been subjected to devastation during Iran-Iraqi war are still like this: Sarcastically, Ahwazi Arab students have schools that I dare you to find one in your country. such advanced schools perhaps can been seen in African poor countries.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:48:42 +0000
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