The people of western Baluchistan are ethnically Baluch, religiously Sunni. Iran is Shiite majority state ruled according to Shiite doctrine or supreme Shiite religion leader wishes. The people of western Baluchistan historically belong to once was the tribal confederation of Baluchistan. Western Baluchistan historically is not part of Iran. The Iranian forces invaded Baluchistan in 1927.
Iran feels unsecure in geo-political terms, fearful of their neighbours and faraway countries. Iranian treatment of Baluch to some extent is heavily shaped by this sense of insecurity. Iran never voluntarily handover rights and powers to Baluch, if Persian dominated Iran think that this will increases the Baluch nation confidence that share history, language and ethnicity with Eastern and northern Baluch and share religion with the Shiite arch enemy Saudi Arabia.
Iranian sees the Baluch as a fifth column, working for the neighbouring and far away enemies. Relations between the Iranian and Baluch are seen as a matter of national securities in which the Iranian has limited the normal discussion to ignore the Baluch mere existence.
The Baluch nation self organisation is illegal; the Baluch political leaders are killed exiled and religious leader are under police surveillance, raising any demand is illegal. Iran is ruled by a theocratic regime, but Iranian denies the Baluch the right to build a warship places in capital and Persian majority cities and limit their religious activities in their own homeland. The application to building a mosque in Tehran the capital of state has been rejected by the state and largely not tolerated by Persian.
The Iranian securitized the Baluch issue. The Baluch legitimate demand is the security issue for Persian. The securitization of Baluch demand has eroded the demands, and there is no chance demands will be accepted by the state.
Baluch is a nation determined for the unity of Baluch population to have a free state, a government solely of its own, for the exercise of a legitimate power and proper organisation for societies in Baluchistan.
The love for ones country is a rational, since the earth is the common habitat of human race, the prudent man should be a citizen of the world. But man also has a duty more pressing that toward the particular society with which the individual is linked by social contract. Without knowing it one is so strongly joined to ones country, one cannot isolate nor separate oneself from it without feeling a pain of ones mistake. The good of society is ones good.
M.sarjov is a political activist based in London,
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