2005 Ahwazi unrest

Despite the Arab population remaining largely loyal to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the central government in Tehran has continued to view Arab Iranians with suspicion. Iranian Arabs claim this has led to discriminatory policies and unequal access to resources aimed at social development. Such discrimination has led to economic deprivation and frustration among Iranian Arabs, which has tended to spill over into unrest and subsequent repression, the most recent cycle of which began in April 2005 and has become known among the Ahwazi Arabs as the Ahwazi Intifada.
Aftermath
Following the suppression of April 15 Intifada, sporadic bombings were carried out across Western Iran from June 2005 to late 2006, killing 28 and injuring 225 people. The bombings were blaimed on Ahwazi separatists, and Iranian authorities managed to arrest at least 500 of Ahwazi Arabs,
In 2011, following the Arab Spring unrest across Middle East and North Africa, major protests broke out in Ahwaz, leading to deaths of 15 protesters.<ref name=pdki/>

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