In this context, workers at the Shams al-Arab(Behbahan) Oil and Gas Company complained of racism between them and the Persian settlers who enjoy broad powers despite being workers and not managers, in addition to their astronomical wages compared to the Ahwazi Arabs in the same company.

In a related context, workers at Karun Cement Company emphasized that racial discrimination has cost them numerous promotions and job promotions, as the Iranian occupation authorities deliberately exclude and disqualify all Arabs from administrative and senior positions.

Accordingly, those who are not sufficiently competent and capable of achieving the required work tasks are appointed, which harms the workers within the company.

Sometimes, the arbitrary policies of the Persian occupation against the Ahwazi Arab people may lead to major problems. One of the Ahwazi people, the social activist and theater artist Maher Tarfi, lost his life.

Mr Tarfi works for the Gulf Arab Oil and Gas Company, and although he applied for the job years ago, he is still on a temporary contract. This is another policy pursued by the Persian occupation to ensure that Ahwazi Arabs are dismissed from their companies and then replaced by settlers.

Maher Tarfi had worked for years on a temporary contract, but as part of the Persian occupation's policy to silence and obstruct the Ahwazi people's liberation movement, he was surprised to find himself fired and his contract terminated by the company's management.

After many attempts to reach the truth about this arbitrary decision by the administration and to investigate the reasons and motives for this decision, all attempts failed.

While Maher was known for never being late for work, and for singing Arabic songs, which brought his colleagues together, the company's management decided to put him aside. However, after failing to understand the reasons behind the arbitrary decision against him, he suffered a stroke that led to his death as a result of the company's failed management decisions.

Ahwazi activists condemned Tarfi's death, asserting that the occupation authorities were the ones who killed Tarfi. They chanted slogans such as, "How many Mahers will die for the freedom of their country.

media center of the Ahwazi Democratic Front (ADF)

April, 20'th ,2025

translated by: Abdolreza Savari