Ahwaz resistance, a volcano on fire burning Mullahs’ body

After US President Donald Trump announcing last May that the United States will withdraw from the nuclear agreement, a state of sadness and frustration spread throughout Iran.

This announcement, in fact, would push Iran's economy  - which is already a mess, to get a lot worse. However, in the southwestern corner of the country, when the Arab people of the province of Ahwaz heard about the decision of Trump, they went out in ceremonial rallies, but the Revolutionary Guards opened fire on them.

The Arab Ahwazites, who have been demanding Iran to end occupation of their land since 1925 until now, sensed a glimmer of hope as Iran is experiencing a big crisis.

In fact, US sanctions have had devastating effects on the Iranian economy since its implementation last August, and those effects are expected to increase highly after the imposing of the second batch of sanctions on November 4, which is scheduled to include the ban on oil exports.

The unique location of the province of Ahwaz overlooking the western waterfront of Iran, and extends across the entire eastern bank of the Arabian Gulf, as well as the Iraqi borders from the west, making it a central platform for Iran to contact with the world, whether in peace and war.

For his part, Dr. Aref Al-Kaabi, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the restoration of legitimacy of the Arab Ahwaz state, said that the Ahwazi resistance would be an active player in any war that would begin on its territory. He said that we are aware and coordinating  with some parties responsible for managing the crisis in the future. All the parties in Ahwaz are ready to change the system of government in Tehran, in which Ahwazi will play a key role.

Dr. Aref al-Kaabi told al-Marjie that there is an intensive presence of the Ahwazi resistance in Iran, despite the repression, and that this presence is active and effective in determining the movements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. There is also coordination between the Ahwazis and the international community and specifically the United States of America to prevent any Iranian encroachment on the US sanctions.

"We have promised the other parties that we will monitor any Iranian-Iraqi cooperation in order to circumvent these sanctions and any attempt to export Iranian oil and gas through Iraqi fictitious companies that are mainly belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards,” he explained. He added that Ahwazis are keen on implementing the sanctions in full.

This prediction is confirmed by the heavy presence of Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ anti-aircraft, the number of army units in each region and the spread of Military and naval force in Ahwaz.

Al-Kaabi stated that the Iranians know the Ahwaz strategic and economic importance, therefore, they will wage an aggressive war, which will lead to the independence of Ahwaz from the grip of the Iranian occupation.

He also stressed that the coming period will be full of surprises and will be the beginning of the end of the Iranian occupation of Ahwaz. It will also witness the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary Guards’ presence in neighboring countries like Iraq and Yemen and Syria and its interference in Bahrain and its threat to other countries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

The Ahwaz region is Iran’s main source of wealth and natural resources. The region's oil accounts for 87 percent of the total oil exported from the country. It also monopolizes the production of natural gas in full and contains 65 percent of the arable land. The region has also eight rivers, making it the most suitable place to build nuclear reactors, like the Bushehr reactor.

From time to time, the Arab Ahwaz movements organize protest or attacks against what it calls the "Iranian occupation forces", the latest of which was the attack on September 22, when the gunmen of the resistance opened fire during a military parade organized inside the territory. A number of soldiers were killed and others were wounded during the attack.

Following the attack, the authorities launched arrest campaigns against the inhabitants of the province, including women. The total number of detainees reached nearly 700.

The attack also sheds light on the crackdown that Arabs experience in the region, which includes discrimination in job opportunities and job ranks, preventing them from working in oil installations in their areas, and displacing some residents from their regions as part of a plan for demographic change.

These protests and attacks in Ahwaz coincide with minority protests on the country's borders, from the Turkic Azuris in the north and north-west, the Sunni Baluchi in the south-east, and even the Kurds in the West, deepening the crisis with Iran as US sanctions intensify.