1979 Khuzestan uprising
| 1979 Khuzestan uprising | |||||||
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| Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Arab separatism in Khuzestan | |||||||
 Khūzestān Province of Iran, native name, استان خوزستان |
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Supported by:  Iraq
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 Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Oan Ali Mohammed |
Mehdi Bazargan Taqi Riahi Ahmad Madani Mostafa Chamran
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| Units involved | |||||||
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| A few hundred (AFLA) | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 100 Iranian Arabs killed | More than a dozen pasdarans killed | ||||||
| Total: 25-112 killed | |||||||
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The 1979 Khuzestan uprising was one of the nationwide uprisings in Iran, which erupted in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. The unrest was fed by Arab demands for autonomy. The uprising was effectively quelled by Iranian security forces, resulting in more than a hundred people on both sides killed.
The Arabs of Iran are largely concentrated in the province of Khuzistan and number between half a million to 2 million. In Khuzestan, Arabs have formed the dominant ethnic group in Shadegan, Hoveyzeh and Susangerd, a majority in Mahshahr and Khorramshahr, a minority in Abadan and together with Persians, Arabs are one of the two main ethnic groups in Ahvaz.
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