The Iranian oppressive regime barred Mahsa Amini’s household from touring to France to obtain her prestigious Sakharov Prize, awarded posthumously. Following this, Fulvio Martusciello, head of the Forza Italia delegation and MEP for the EPP group, posed questions earlier than the European Union Excessive Consultant for International Affairs and Safety Coverage, Josep Borrell, in regards to the plight of ladies and minorities in Iran and referred to as on him to take a stand on this urgent difficulty.
Mahsa Amini, who was killed by the Iranian regime, was of Kurdish descent, and there are a lot of different non-Persian minorities within the nation akin to Azerbaijanis, Arabs, Baluchis and Turks. Martusciello emphasised that the Azerbaijani inhabitants, which is the biggest minority within the nation, is brutally oppressed by the Iranian regime. The so-called southern Azerbaijanis, who quantity roughly 30 million in Iran, are disadvantaged of primary rights. Even the precise variety of Azerbaijanis dwelling in Iran is unknown, because the authorities take into account this info too delicate.
The Persian-controlled Iranian administration seeks to eradicate the tradition and sense of self-determination of the Azerbaijani individuals, turning them into “Persians”. Merely put, the regime doesn’t acknowledge their youngsters as residents of Azerbaijani origin.
The very essence of the nationwide identification and tradition of the Azerbaijani individuals will not be allowed to exist. Their language has by no means been acknowledged as an official language, it isn’t utilized in official correspondence, and the federal government forbids its use, research and instructing.
The poverty price amongst Azerbaijanis in Iran is without doubt one of the highest. They’re underrepresented in key positions. They don’t seem to be allowed to kind their very own ideological teams and associations.
EU establishments have been knowledgeable concerning the human rights state of affairs due to a number of important associations of southern Azerbaijanis and outstanding media organizations. They frequently ship experiences about human rights violations by the IRGC in opposition to Azerbaijani activists demanding equal rights. The Iranian regime imprisoned Hamid Yeganapur from Maragha, Arash Johari from Mughan, Peyman Ibrahimi from Tabriz, Alirza Ramezani from Qazvin and lots of different Azerbaijani activists
Members of the EU Parliament referred to as on Mr. Borrell personally, in addition to the EU Parliament as a complete to take a more durable stance in opposition to Tehran’s violations. They demanded a right away finish to social, ethnic, financial and environmental discrimination in opposition to Azerbaijanis and different minorities.