| 2005 Ahvaz unrest | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Arab separatism in Khuzestan | |||
 Iranian Khuzestan province | |||
| Date | 15–18 April 2005 | ||
| Methods | Demonstrations, riots | ||
| Resulted in | Unrest quelled | ||
| Parties | |||
| Lead figures | |||
No centralized leadership | |||
| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 1–20 (Iranian sources)[1][2] 15–50 (external sources)[3][4] | ||
| Injuries | dozens | ||
| Arrested | hundreds arrested | ||
2005 Ahvaz unrest[2][5] or 15 April Ahvaz Protests[3] were violent riots, initiated by Iranian Arabs in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan. The unrest erupted on 15 April 2005, and lasted for 4 days. Initially, the Iranian Interior Ministry stated that only one person had been killed, however an official at a hospital in Ahvaz said that there were between 15 and 20 mortal casualties.[2] Government officials blamed the unrest on Britain, whose troops based just across the border in southern Iraq.[6] Following the unrest, several bombings were carried out in Ahvaz, killing 28 people.[citation needed] In 2006, Iran executed five Arab separatists, convicted of carrying out the bombings in 2005.[6]
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- ^ a b Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (8 March 2006). "Iran". US Department of State. Retrieved 2 July 2011. "On 15 April, protests in Ahwaz followed the publication of a letter..."
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alarabiya14was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rasmus C. Elling. State of Mind, State of Order: Reactions to Ethnic Unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Wiley publishing doi:10.1111/j.1754-9469.2008.00028.x. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 481–501, December 2008. "...The first, which will be called the Ahvaz unrest, took place in the south-western Iranian province of Khuzestan, which borders Iraq, and in particular in the regional capital of Ahvaz..."
- ^ a b "Iran hangs Arab separatists". Al Jazeera. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2011.