Racism in Iran explained

Racism in Iran encompasses various manifestations of racism between the inhabitants of the country. A UN panel in 2019 said "Arabs, Kurds, and other minorities in Iran face discrimination because of their ethnicity."^[1] In 2010, The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) of the UN urged Iran to tackle racism on Arab, Azeri, Balochi, and Kurdish communities and some communities of non-citizens.^[2]

Arabs

See also: Anti-Arabism. Epithets such as Mush-Khor (in Persian) and Marmulak-Khor are used for both Sunni and Shiite Arabs.

Azerbaijanis

See also: Anti-Azerbaijani sentiment. In 1926, the Azerbaijani language became prohibited in Iran for the first time. The head of the state at the time, Reza Shah appointed Dr. Mohseni as the chair of the "Cultural Office of Azerbaijan", who was infamous for his order:Tork-e Khar is a phrase traditionally used for Azerbaijanis^[3] and Turks, literally meaning the "Turkish donkey".^[3]

Bibliography

Book: Asgharzadeh . Alireza . Iran and the Challenge of Diversity: Islamic Fundamentalism, Aryanist Racism, and Democratic Struggles . 11 June 2007 . Palgrave Macmillan US.
Book: Hagigat . Moshe-hay S. . Rezaei . Farhad . Rhode . Harold . Seliktar . Ofira . Zarabadi . Ladan . Zimmt . Raz . Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture, and Religion . 18 March 2015 . Lexington Books.

External links

Web site: Ok I'm a racist. Dayi Hamid. The Iranian.

Notes and References

Web site: UN anti-racism panel finds Iran discriminating against Arabs, Kurds, other minoritiesdate=August 27, 2010. Associated Press, Fox. 2015-03-27. September 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100903152457/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/27/anti-racism-panel-finds-iran-discriminating-arabs-kurds-ethnic-minorities/. September 3, 2010. live.
Web site: The U.N. urged Iran to tackle racism. Reuters. August 27, 2010. September 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100830191318/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67Q2K520100827. August 30, 2010. live.
Book: Broers . Laurence . Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry . 25 July 2019 . Edinburgh University Press . 371 . This is symptomatic of a tradition depicting Azerbaijanis negatively as tork-e khar ('Turkish donkeys'), i.e. rural and backward..