2018 Khuzestan protests


The 2018 Khuzestan protests, that are dubbed “the Uprising of Dignity”, are a series of ongoing protests by Iranian Arabs located in the Khuzestan province of Iran. The protests started on 28 March 2018, and are against discrimination towards the ethnic Arab minority.

Timeline

28 March

The protests initially started in Ahvaz on 28 March after a popular Iranian cartoon show that used figurines to depict the different ethnicities of Iran, ignored the Arab minority located in Khuzestan.

Arrests

Up to 140 people have been arrested by the security forces in April 2018.