Cultural liberty is about allowing people the freedom to choose their identities, and to lead the lives they value, without being excluded from education, health and job opportunities. Cultural liberty is central to the capacity of people to live as they would like.
There are many forms of social exclusion; the Iranian deny recognition and accommodation of lifestyle that Baloch and other non Persian would choose to have and insist that Baloch and other non-Persians must live exactly like all others Persians.
Other forms of exclusion is participation exclusion, Baloch are discriminated against and suffer disadvantage in social, political and economic opportunities because of their cultural identity. Both types of exclusions exist on an extensive scale across every Iranian institution and constitution at every level of government department.
Cultural exclusion comes from a lack of respect for the cultures and the heritage of people, Baloch culture is considered inferior or uncivilized. These policies are reflected in Iranian state policies, Iranian calendars do not observe minority religious holidays and so froth.
Cultural liberty needs to be fostered exactly as health education and gender equity, cultural liberty will not just happen, because state treats all citizens equal. To expand cultural freedom requires explicit policies to address denials of cultural liberty. To do this, Iranians need to recognize cultural differences in their constitutions, their law and institutions.
Language exclusion
Balochi language schools do not exist; publishing in Balochi is prohibited and Baloch are pressurised to adopt Persian names. Language denial reinforces exclusion from other opportunities because Iran does not recognize Baloch language in schools, law courts and other official arenas. This is why the Baloch are fighting so hard for their languages to be recognized and used in school, politic and legal processes.
Iran has tried to suppress non Persian's languages, labelling their language inferior. Monolingual policies are most frequent source of widespread exclusion in even well established democracies. The choice of official language in schools, the language of parliament, the language of official media and commerce shapes barriers and advantages individual face in life. Recognizing a language means more than use of that language. It symbolizes respect for people who speak it, their cultural and their full inclusion.
M.sarjov
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Dear Mr./Ms
I want to let you know that I am an Iranian/American person who has never discriminated against another Iranian person or any other person for that matter. Every person has the right to practice their own culture, religion, and cust0m. Nobody has the right to take that right away from anyone. Unfortunately, Iran is another country in the world that suffers from dictortarship of ignorant fanatic and corrupt politicians. These people who are controlling Iran, are not Iranians to begin with. They don't care about nobody but themselves and they have committed crimes against all Iranians not only one group or one nation. So please don't separate yourself from the rest. Let all of us know that we need to stand up together and fight against discrimination and injustice. I am also a victim of all that has happened to you and I am not practicing any spiritual belief. I have Muslim shi'a relatives and I know many other Shi'as who have faced crimes against humanities in Iran and outside of Iran. So, by separating ourselves we only give them more power to continue with their acts of violence and crimes. I hope that I reached you heart. I am truly sad for Yaqoub Mehrnehad. He is a young talented individual with a lot of passion for humanity. I respect him for that and admire his courage. I wish everyone could be brave like him. But I know that he did not want separation for Iranian people also. I wish strength and courage for all humans to stand up to all wrong doing done to them.
Thank you,
Marzyeh from Seattle
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