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 Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage, Josep Borrell, in regards to the plight of ladies and minorities in Iran and known as on him to take a stand on this urgent challenge.
Mahsa Amini, who was killed by the Iranian regime, was of Kurdish descent, and there are lots of different non-Persian minorities within the nation equivalent to Azerbaijanis, Arabs, Baluchis and Turks. Martusciello emphasised that the Azerbaijani inhabitants, which is the most important 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 residing in Iran is unknown, because the authorities contemplate this data too delicate.
The Persian-controlled Iranian administration seeks to eradicate the tradition and sense of self-determination of the Azerbaijani folks, turning them into “Persians”. Merely put, the regime doesn’t acknowledge their kids as residents of Azerbaijani origin.
The very essence of the nationwide identification and tradition of the Azerbaijani folks shouldn’t be allowed to exist. Their language has by no means been acknowledged as an official language, it’s not utilized in official correspondence, and the federal government forbids its use, examine and educating.
The poverty charge amongst Azerbaijanis in Iran is among the highest. They’re underrepresented in key positions. They aren’t allowed to kind their very own ideological teams and associations.
EU establishments have been knowledgeable in regards to the human rights state of affairs due to a number of vital associations of southern Azerbaijanis and distinguished media organizations. They regularly ship stories 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 plenty of different Azerbaijani activists
Members of the EU Parliament known as on Mr. Borrell personally, in addition to the EU Parliament as an entire to take a harder stance in opposition to Tehran’s violations. They demanded a direct finish to social, ethnic, financial and environmental discrimination in opposition to Azerbaijanis and different minorities.
