VOA News - Iran Suppresses Minorities

VOA News - Iran Suppresses Minorities: "Iranian security forces recently clashed with ethnic Arab Iranian protestors in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. News organizations reported that the cause of the unrest was a purported plan by the Iranian government to move ethnic Arabs out of the oil-rich area. Iranian officials deny the existence of such a plan.
The human rights organization Amnesty International said that more than one-hundred thirty people were arrested by Iranian security forces 'and are at risk of torture.' Amnesty International also said that there are 'unconfirmed reports that at least twenty-nine people have been killed in the disturbances, and up to five-hundred injured.' U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli commented on the issue: "