The nearly million-square-kilometer Baluchi territories spark intense competition among states who see the region as prized real estate in the heart of Asia
The endemic problems in Sistan-Baluchistan Province have cultural, economic, ethnic, and sectarian dimensions. They cannot be permanently resolved by military force alone
Sistan-Balochistan is one of Iran’s most deprived areas. Sunni Muslims are not employed in senior government jobs, while the regime restricts their religious ceremonies to ethnic regions.
The recent blasts echo in the streets of Tehran as a reminder of a "problem" in the southeast of the Persian empire, that very region whose control Tehran wants to gain through a scheduled and atrocious underdevelopment plan and political repression
Mohammad only 15 when he was arrested has been forced continuously by the authorities to call his parents and let them know that his execution is imminent.
Other prisoners under sentence of death include two members of the predominantly Sunni Muslim Baluch minority in Sistan-Baluchistan province. On May 31, 2010, the Zahedan prosecutor said they had been sentenced to death for their alleged involvement in clashes between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims which led to the deaths of six individuals.
Iran Human Rights, July 4: Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the Baluchestan province south east of Iran.
The worst victims of such state oppression are predominately the religious and ethnic minorities living in that Shia-dominated theocratic state. The international community needs to dismantle the foundations of the scoundrel regime before it advances its oppression to the rest of the neighboring countries.