"Arabs make up less than 3 percent of Iran's population, and most live in Khuzestan."
And three percent of approx 65 million = 1.95 million Khuzestani who, not only sit on the most valuable asset Iran has, but don't follow the crazy 12th Imam living down a well story...with a little help from their friends...
ARABISTAN!
Khuzestan
Province of southwest Iran, on the northern shores of the Gulf; area 66,560 sq km/25,700 sq mi; population (1996 est) 3,746,800. It has Iran's chief oil resources. Cities include the administrative centre of Ahvaz and the ports of Abadan and Khorramshahr. A large proportion of the population is Arab. The province is often referred to by Arabs as Arabistan.
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