Racism in Iran

Racism in Iran encompasses various manifestations of racism between the inhabitants of the country. A UN panel in 2019 said "Arabs, Kurds, and other minorities in Iran face discrimination because of their ethnicity." In 2010, The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) of the UN urged Iran to tackle racism on Arab, Azeri, Balochi, and Kurdish communities and some communities of non-citizens.

Arabs
Epithets such as Mush-Khor (lit. 'rodent eaters' in Persian) and Marmulak-Khor (lit. 'lizard eaters') are used for both Sunni and Shiite Arabs.

Azerbaijanis
In 1926, the Azerbaijani language became prohibited in Iran for the first time. The head of the state at the time, Reza Shah appointed Dr. Mohseni as the chair of the "Cultural Office of Azerbaijan", who was infamous for his order: "Put donkey reins on whoever dares to speak Turkish in the classroom and throw them in the stable amongst the donkeys."

Tork-e Khar is a phrase traditionally used for Azerbaijanis and Turks, literally meaning the "Turkish donkey".