The Ahwazi Arab Solidarity Network is a coalition of NGOs that campaigns on behalf of the Ahwazi Arabs, an indigenous ethnic group persecuted by successive Iranian governments. Millions of Ahwazi Arabs live in south-west Iran in a region that was once known as 'Arabistan'. Ethnic Ahwazi Arabs are demanding collective rights, including the redistribution of oil revenues, an end to forced displacement, equal labour rights, environmental protection and cultural freedom. The Ahwazi Arab Solidarity Network supports non-violent direct action as well as the use of international lobbying and awareness-raising to assert the collective rights of this persecuted ethnic group.

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Supporting groups are:

• Ahwazi Human Rights Organisation
  
• Ahwaz Studies Centre
  
• Ahwaz Education and Human Rights Foundation
• British Ahwazi Friendship Society