The
Message of the Federal Democratic Movement of Azerbaijan to the demonstration
in Brussels in defence of Ahwazi Arabs in Iran
Dear Friends
In
the first anniversary of the Ahwazi Arabs uprising, which followed the brutal
repression by the Islamic government in
Iran,
we are
standing shoulder by shoulder of our Arab compatriots in their struggle
for a just cause , in proclaiming of their denied political and cultural
identity . The Ahwazi Arabs in Iran
in the last 80 years , like other nationalities
,have been victims of systematic
political , cultural and economic oppression by the successive governments in
power in our country. The policy of the national oppression , a deliberate dislocation
of indigenous Arabs, cultural assimilation and expulsion of them from their
lands by subtle methods or direct coercion , was part and parcel of the
chauvinistic politics in Iran.
The Islamic Republic like its precedent subverted monarchy, even more
aggressive than it , has followed this
discriminatory policy, which has been led to political , economic and cultural
disparity between the dominant Farsi nationality and other oppressed nationalities
in Iran , paramount to an apartheid state.
We
stand shoulder in shoulder with you in your struggle for your denied rights,
denied name and recognition of your identity. We offer our political and moral
support , for a common struggle for a democratic and federative Iran ,the common country and fatherland of all
nationalities in Iran,
and fraternity between them.
The
Federal Democratic Movement of Azerbaijan
The Executive Body