Khuzestan Representatives Strongly Oppose Plan to Divide the Province
Abdullah Yazdpanah, head of Khuzestan’s parliamentary delegation in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, has called the plan to divide Khuzestan a “hasty and immature” proposal, stating that the plan “has not taken into account the geographical, social, political, and cultural conditions of Khuzestan province in any way whatsoever.”
According to ILNA news agency, Yazdpanah stated that “the plan to establish Southern Khuzestan province should reach us in a properly engineered manner in geographical, social, economic, cultural, and security domains, within the framework of a plan with expert attachments so that it can be reviewed. Currently, we are strongly opposed to this plan.”
Abdullah Yazdpanah added that “at present, the parliament is engaged in the selection and decision-making regarding the proposed cabinet ministers, and after this, once the proposed ministers are reviewed, we will definitely remove the so-called Southern Khuzestan formation plan from the parliament’s agenda.”
The plan to establish Southern Khuzestan province, centered in Abadan, was announced as received by parliament on Sunday, August 24.
Khuzestan province faces numerous problems, and this plan has been presented at a time when there have been recent severe protests by the province’s residents regarding water shortages in some parts of the province, which have taken on the character of political protests against the Islamic Republic.
Mohammad Molaei, representative of Abadan, is among those who proposed this plan. Opponents of the plan consider Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, to be one of the original designers of this plan.
Mohsen Rezaei, however, responded to this plan on Twitter, writing that “Khuzestan’s issue cannot be solved by fragmenting it; rather, just as Khuzestan serves the entire country, the central government should also respect it, appreciate it, and serve it.”
Source: Radio Farda
