Brussels – October 12, 2025
The capital of Belgium, Brussels, witnessed on Sunday, October 12, 2025, a grand memorial ceremony honoring six martyrs of the Arab Al-Ahwaz nation—six young freedom fighters executed by the Iranian occupying regime.
The ceremony was held with wide participation from Al-Ahwazi parties, representatives of non-Persian nations under Iranian occupation, and a number of Arab and European political, legal, and media figures. It became a symbol of the unity of freedom-seeking nations in the Middle East.
The ceremony began in an atmosphere filled with national emotion and solidarity.
The memorial gathering was held in tribute to the sacrifices of the six heroic martyrs of the Al-Ahwaz nation:
Ali Al-Majdam, Mohammad Reza Al-Majdam, Adnan Al-Ghabishaoui, Moein Al-Khanfari, Habib Al-Idrees, and Salem Al-Mousawi.
These six fighters sacrificed their lives for the freedom and dignity of the Arab Al-Ahwaz nation.
The event opened with the Al-Ahwaz national anthem and the recitation of Al-Fatiha for the souls of the martyrs. The ceremony’s host, Saad Al-Kaabi, welcomed the guests from various nations and emphasized that this gathering was not only a commemoration, but also a declaration against occupation and for the right of nations to self-determination.
Later, Adnan Nasser, representative of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Al-Ahwaz, delivered a speech praising the courage of the martyrs, stating:
“The blood of the martyrs lights the path of freedom, and the people of Al-Ahwaz will continue their struggle until the full liberation of their land.”
Then, Ashtyako Poorkarim, leader of the Kurdistan Independence Movement and representative of the Sarbasti Kurdistan Party, delivered a historic message that received great admiration from the audience.
Poorkarim began his message with an unprecedented statement:
“I apologize for speaking in Persian, a language that for the non-Persian nations is a reminder of torture, imprisonment, repression, execution, and occupation.”
He extended his condolences to the families of the martyrs and continued:
“In the name of independence and freedom, and in the name of the nations imprisoned under the occupation and within the fabricated geography of Iran.
Dear brothers and sisters, the great nation of Arab Al-Ahwaz,
Today I stand beside you not only as a Kurd, but as the voice of all nations whose land and dignity have been trampled by the Iranian occupying regime — the Kurdish, Arab Al-Ahwazi, Baloch, Turkmen, Azeri Turk, and Caspian nations.”
He described the execution of the six noble sons of the Al-Ahwaz nation and one Kurdish political prisoner as “not accidental but the true face of a colonial and nation-hostile system,” adding:
“Since its illegitimate founding, this regime has based its mission on denying the national identities of non-Persian nations and destroying their languages and cultures.
Yet today we witness the rebirth of unity — a union among Arab, Kurdish, Baloch, Turkmen, Caspian, and Turkic nations — to rebuild a free, multiethnic Middle East free from occupation.”
Addressing the international community, Poorkarim emphasized:
“Closing eyes to the crimes of the Iranian occupying regime is a betrayal of human values. We call upon the United Nations and the European Union to establish an international fact-finding committee and to refer Iran’s case to the International Criminal Court so that those responsible for torture, execution, and genocide are held accountable.”
He concluded:
“The freedom of Al-Ahwaz is the freedom of Kurdistan. The freedom of Balochistan, South Turkmenistan, South Azerbaijan, and the Caspian is one and the same.
No nation will be free unless all occupied nations rise together against their common enemy.
From the ruins of Iranian colonialism, the sun of liberty for the non-Persian nations shall rise, and the new map of the Middle East will be drawn with independent states — Kurdistan, Al-Ahwaz, Balochistan, South Azerbaijan, South Turkmenistan, Caspian, and Farsestan.”
After Poorkarim’s message, Qasem Abd, representative of the Arab Front for the Liberation of Al-Ahwaz, emphasized loyalty to the path of the martyrs, declaring that their blood is a covenant for continued resistance until full liberation.
Karim Sheikh Ahmed, of the Democratic Popular Front of Al-Ahwaz, stated:
“The path of freedom passes only through sacrifice; the blood of martyrs fuels the lamp of nations’ salvation.”
In another part, Nasser Kazem, of the Ahwazi Organization for Human Rights, referred to unfair trials and forced confessions, calling on the international community to form independent monitoring committees for political prisoners.
Dr. Hussein Al-Hazbawi, representing the Ahwaz News Agency, stressed:
“The crimes of the Iranian regime cannot silence the voice of Al-Ahwaz’s freedom; the martyrs’ blood is a message of steadfastness.”
Later, Major General Mahdi Al-Zubaidi, Deputy Chairman of the National Liberation Movement of Al-Ahwaz, strongly urged the international community to take immediate action to stop executions and torture.
National poets Musa Al-Mousawi and Ali Al-Tarfi (Abu Shorouq) recited patriotic and epic poems that filled the ceremony with emotion and unity.
The event concluded with the participation of representatives from Al-Ahwaz, Kurdistan, and other nations — symbolizing the genuine unity of occupied nations against a single colonial power.
Participants affirmed that the blood of Al-Ahwaz’s martyrs serves as a bridge between nations striving for freedom, justice, coexistence, and self-determination in a new Middle East.
