Khuzestan representatives strongly oppose the plan to divide the province

Abdullah Izadpanah, the head of the Khuzestan Assembly of Representatives in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, called the Khuzestan division plan a "hasty and immature" plan and said that the plan "does not take into account the geographical, social, political, and cultural conditions of Khuzestan province."

The ILNA news agency quoted Mr. Izadpanah as saying, "The plan to create the Southern Khuzestan province must be properly engineered in the geographical, social, economic, cultural, and security areas and must be submitted to us within the framework of a plan with expert annexes so that it can be reviewed. We are currently strongly opposed to this plan."

Abdullah Izadpanah added that "the parliament is currently engaged in selecting and making decisions regarding the proposed ministers for the cabinet, and after this priority of the parliament and reviewing the proposed ministers, we will definitely remove the so-called plan to form Southern Khuzestan from the parliament's agenda."

The plan to form the Southern Khuzestan Province, with Abadan as its center, was announced by the parliament on Sunday, August 14.

Khuzestan Province is grappling with numerous problems, and this plan is being proposed at a time when the recent strong protests by the people of this province against the lack of water in parts of the province have taken on the color of a political protest against the Islamic Republic.

Mohammad Molavi, a representative from Abadan, is one of the proponents of this plan, and opponents of this plan consider Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, to be one of the main designers of this plan.

Mohsen Rezaei, however, reacted to this plan on Twitter, writing that "the issue of Khuzestan will not be solved by fragmentation; rather, the central government should respect, appreciate, and serve it as much as Khuzestan serves the entire country."

Source: Radio Farda