The Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan (DRFLA; Arabic: الجبهة الديمقراطية الثورية لتحرير عربستان, al-Jabha al-dīmuqrāṭiyya al-thawriyya li-taḥrīr ‘Arabistān) was an Iranian Arab militant group campaigning for the independence of the largely Arab-populated Khuzestan province in Iran,[4][5] founded in 1979 as a splinter group of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Ahwaz (PFLA).

It was led by Arab nationalist Oan Ali Mohammed, who was killed during the siege by British SAS operatives.

[6] The DRFLA claims to have taken part in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, assisting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's uprising which overthrew the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and subsequently established an Islamic republic, effectively ending the millennia-old inherited Persian monarchies.

[9] After this incident, the DRFLA did not take part in any major militant attacks and remained largely inactive until the 1980 Iraqi invasion of Iran, where they sided with Iraq as open belligerents in the ensuing Iran–Iraq War.

[10] The group has been defunct since 1980, with its spiritual successor being the currently-active Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA).