Khuzestan

We need to make this happen. Khuzestan is a Southwestern Iranian province with a border on Iraq, and a coast on the Persian Gulf. While most of Iran's population is ethnically Persian, Khuzestanis are primarily Ahwazi Arab. The really interesting thing is that this province and its ethnically distinct culture produce most of Iran's oil. Of course, the profits are not seen by the local population, but go back to Tehran. This could be very promising for the U.S.

The new Iranian Bourse threatens to undermine the value, stability and security of the dollar, moreover, oil is the only real leverage Iran has in its favor right now - a conspicuous Achilles' Heel. Coupled with the country's misbehavior on the international stage and its theocratic abuse of human rights, we have plenty of reasons to neutralize the threat of Iranian economic hostage-taking and Iran-like sectarian hegemony throughout the region.

An unhappy, culturally distinct, oil-producing province and population is a prime opportunity for such neutralization. There have already been episodes of unrest, and it is in our short-term interest to facilitate more. This will probably come back to bite us in 20 or 30 years, as Zbigniew Brzezinski's strategy to aid the Taliban in the 70s has today, but that did help to end the Cold War.