Pollution has become one of the most dangerous crises spreading in Ahwaz, as Ahwazi citizens see the environmental damage it causes actively threatening health security…

Every year hundreds of Ahwazis are arrested for dissent; those ‘lucky’ enough not be executed or sentenced to death on the basis of forced confessions…

This report seeks to paint a picture of Abu Shahr’s actual status outside the official government’s largely fictional, airbrushed version of reality by establishing a…

The exceptional strategic location of Ahwaz in the Arabian Gulf, particularly due to the important islands such as Qais and Jessem, means it plays an…

Iranian regime authorities on Sunday 23 August 2020 began the demolition of a village on the outskirts of Ahwaz city, the eponymous regional capital of…

The Iranian regime has a bloody history in suppressing intellectuals, including media activists and journalists, in Ahwaz since its establishment in 1979. This is part…

An online Zoom webinar hosted by Dur Untash Center on Thursday 15 October entitled  ‘The Impact of Insecurity on Human Rights in Ahwaz and the Region’ brought…

Have you ever heard of an oppressed people languishing in desperate poverty in one of the wealthiest places on Earth? This is not a riddle…

 As the regime in Tehran once again steps up its already brutal repression in Ahwaz in the south and southwest Iran, Ahwazi sources have revealed…

“Death is death, but it has many different forms.” This common saying epitomises one aspect of the Iranian regime’s murderous persecution of Ahwazi activists, whose…

While it’s true that all parts of the world are facing critical levels of environmental pollution, the problems facing Ahwaz in southwest Iran are unique. …

The trash collectors roam in every Ahwazi neighbourhood, street and alleyway in the early morning before the municipal garbage trucks arrive to empty the rubbish.…