Human Rights Activists News Agency

Football riots reflect discontent in Iran's predominantly Arab Khuzestan

Long-simmering discontent in Ahvaz, a predominantly Arab city of Iran that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein unsuccessfully tried to exploit when he launched the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, exploded on the pitch earlier this month during an Asian Champions League qualifier between the city?s state-owned Foolad FC and al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia.