Original sentence: Arab separatism in Khuzestan was a decades-long separatist Arab movement in the western part of the Khuzestan Province in Iran.By 2022, conflict ended.Critics also contended that separatism has always been instigated by foreign governments – particularly the British – to weaken Iran to control the country's natural resources and extend external influence over the Middle East.Critics of these parties claimed that separatism had no support among Arabs, and point to the decision by many Iranian Arabs to defend Iran during the Iran–Iraq War.Iran officially denied any discrimination or the existence of conflict within the country.It drew strong criticism from human rights organizations including accusations of ethnic discrimination and ethnic cleansing.Since the 1920s to the early 2020s, tensions have often resulted in violence and attempted separatism, including the insurgency in 1979, unrest in 2005, terrorist bombings in 2005–2006, protests in 2011, assassinations in 2017, and the 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
Edited sentence: Arab separatism in Khuzestan refers to the decades-long separatist Arab movement in the western part of the Khuzestan Province in Iran.Critics also contend that separatism has always been instigated by foreign governments – particularly the British – to weaken Iran to control the country's natural resources and extend external influence over the Middle East.Critics of these parties claim that separatism has no support among Arabs, and point to the decision by many Iranian Arabs to defend Iran during the Iran–Iraq War.Iran officially denies any discrimination or the existence of conflict within the country.It has however drawn strong criticism from human rights organizations including accusations of ethnic discrimination and ethnic cleansing.Since the 1920s, tensions have often resulted in violence and attempted separatism, including the insurgency in 1979, unrest in 2005, terrorist bombings in 2005–2006, protests in 2011, assassinations in 2017, and the 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack