Racism in the Islamic republic of Iran

As late as August 2010, UN's anti-racism panel found the Islamic Republic of Iran discriminating and practicing wide racism against Arabs, Kurds and other ethnic minorities. The United Nations panel said "Arabs, Kurds and other minorities in Iran face discrimination because of their ethnicity."
The U.N. urged Iran to tackle racism on Arab, Azeri, Balochi, Kurdish communities and some communities of non-citizens.
About 65 per cent of the population in Iran identify themselves as Persians. The other 35 per cent class themselves as Turks, Arabs, Kurds, Azeris, Baluch and others.
Ethnic groups
Ahwazi
Peter Tatchell wrote in The Guardian about Iran's anti-Arab racism, that "Iran treats its Arab minority as second-class citizens." and it systematically oppresses the Arab minority. Citing a series of planned executions "The planned executions are the latest in a series of executions of ethnic Arabs by the racist Iranian state."
Some cases were reported by Amnesty.
Among a 2004 of what Ahwazis call "racist" policies and regime, there were reports of "Indigenous Ahwazi Arab children in Iran starve."
Kurds
Kurdish minoritiy is suffering persecution in the Islamic Republic of Iran, some have been tortured for activism.
Azeris
Balochi and Azeri groups in a united campaign for a halt in the Islamic regimes campaign of executions and ethnic cleansing against Ahwazis, claimed that "Azeri Turks, comprising around a third of the Iranian population and also subject to racism in Iran."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
In 2009, Human rights groups like: The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), the Bahai International Community (BIC) and the Iranian League for Human Rights (LDDHI) challanged Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to eliminate severe discrimination on ethnic and religious minorities, hatred racism in Iran, ahead of his arrival at a UN conference against racism and intolerance in Geneva.
They said that discrimination is widespread in Iran, notably affecting Baha’is, Christians, Kurds, Jews, Sufis, Sunni Muslims, and other minorities.
They decried the Iranian government controlled media for inciting hatred against Bahais and a dramatic rise in oppressing ethnic minorities, claiming that the gross human right violation against minorities and against women rose under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a history of 'racism' outbursts and "ideas" against Jews,and to "spout vile conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic slurs." As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave his speech, what has been described as hateful by the US and by other and as Anti-semitic against Israel, Western diplomats walked out of the 2009 hall, following through on threats that they would leave if the meeting were hijacked by anti-Semitic rhetoric. The Israeli spokesman said: “Israel will not allow Holocaust deniers to carry out another Holocaust against the Jewish people.”

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