The Kurds of Iran: A Look at their Past, Present and Future 1/10

The Middle East Institute is proud to host Carol Prunhuber, Sharif Behruz and Idris Ahmedi and for a lecture about the political, social and human rights status of Iran's Kurds, one of the country's largest ethnic groups. Iran's Kurdish population has long pushed for autonomy, and in 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared a "holy war" against the Kurds in Iran seeking self-rule. Since then the relationship between Iran's Kurds and the Islamic Republic has been characterized by frequent military crackdowns.

Prunhuber will speak about Kurd leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou whose untimely assassination by the Iranian regime twenty years ago robbed the Kurdish nation of one of its most prominent and forward-thinking leaders. Her recently published book The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan (iUniverse, 2010) situates the life and political struggle of Ghassemlou in the wider Iranian political context. Sharif Behruz will address the impact of Irans Green Movement on minority groups like the Kurds and the need for Irans opposition to be more inclusive in order to gain significant political ground. Idris Ahmedi will discuss contending perspectives on the future of Iran with respect to its ethnic diversity. Is diversity a threat to Iran's territorial integrity, or a facilitator to the rise of meaningful democracy?

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[ThePesmerge]

Long live Kurdistan and Persian

[Serok2710]

Long Live Kurd Long Live Kurdistan

[shayanzd]

Kurdish Persian Unity 4ever,,,,,, NO1 will be able to Separate us ! ! ! !

[IranHistory]

Kurds are an Iranian people. The mayor of Tehran is from a Persian-Kurdish family. Kurds speak an Iranian language. And Kurds celebrate ancient Iranian holidays (like Nowruz). The problem is when there are CIA and Israeli funded dissident groups that try to stir up trouble. This is the real story. Jalal Talabani lived in Iran without any problem.

[PersianKingKurd]

@CyrusReborn hei u why u said kurd terorist we have same blood man jus we faiting with iran islamic regime dont think we are terorist never fuck islamic regim in iran.

[CyrusReborn]

@NewrozNewrozi Israel is going to use certain uninformed Kurds like PKK to create chaos and destroy Iran so Israel can divide and conqueor. Fuck you and fuck your Israeli domination, when IRI falls everyone will have their rights in Iran except arabs and islamists, Kurds will talk both Kurdish and Iranian and will have same rights as other Iranians, they won't need to seperate, I know where you Israeli assholes want to go.

[CyrusReborn]

@NewrozNewrozi All right, to be honest with you, I know you are not a Kurd. I know you are Israeli Jewish agent, you want to support PKK to create chaos and make Iran warzone so you Israeli can advance and divide and conqueor. Any sane Kurd or Persian or w,e, Iranian DOESN'T WANT TO SEPERATE ANYTHING. We want unity and respect, our land is called Iran, not Persia, nor Kurdistan, not Baluchistan or w.e, it is IRAN. It will never divide, it is home to kurds, persians, azari's and all others.

[NewrozNewrozi]

@CyrusReborn ok poorsian. you so brave.

[CyrusReborn]

@NewrozNewrozi ahahah biji biji biji nothing rofl, there is no kurdistan, you fucking seperatist piece of shit. Kurds + PErsians = brothers, our country is Iran. PKKA AND PJAK ARE ISRAELI TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY GET SLAUGHTERED ROFL, ZIONIST ARAB MUSLIM SHIT FACE.

[NewrozNewrozi]

@CyrusReborn ok farsi sag.