Message from an Iranian Kurd to the Iranian people

First of all nice to finally see an iranian admit that all this "we're hamvatani, equal rights, same people blabla" nonsense is a load of bull.

In response to your first comment:

"As a reaction to the threats and presence of the Islamic Republic’s military forces in Marivan, kak Foad and the city council led the residents of Marivan to a camp outside of the city in an effort to avoid clashes and bloodshed with central government forces. This act of peaceful defiance brought the new Iranian government to the negotiation table and pressured the regime to accede to the demands of the people of Marivan.

This historic trek initiated from Sanandaj was a demonstration against the detention of ten political activists by the authorities in Marivan and in support of people in that city. This demonstrated kak Foad’s keen political insight—namely his skill at organising non-violent, civil and effective resistance and ability to encourage the participation of people from all walks of life, and both men and women. Kak Foad’s leadership encouraged thousands of residents from other cities and towns in Kurdistan such as Mahabad, Saqqez, Bane and Bokan took participate in this act of resistance. Additionally, this event and his resulting negotiations with the Iranian government demonstrated kak Foad’s unique insight in dealing with political rivals and occupying forces As soon as the authorities in Tehran declared their willingness to find a solution to the conflict through negotiation, the Marivan city council elected kak Foad as its representative to lead the negotiations. Kak Foad reported the result of the negotiations back to the people in the camp on a daily basis.

His formation of the peasant union which attracted so many was also an armed resistance against the oppression of the landlords. However a new stage in the struggle of Kurdistan began after Khomeini declared a Jihad against Kurdistan in August 1979. Kak Foad played a crucial role in preparation for an armed resistance in Kurdistan. Disappointed by the dishonesty of the regime in the negotiations and anticipating a military reaction by the regime to the democratic atmosphere in Kurdistan, kak Foad published his historic ‘The Kurdish People in Crucible’ in response to the Jihad, an act which inspired a huge popular resistance."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foad_Mostafa_Soltani

Kurds were defeated, naturally, with the resources and manpower the regime had, even when the kill death ratio was 10 killed iranians soldiers for 1 kurdish peshmerga, those 10 were much easier replaceable than one Peshmerga. Had Bani Sadr with the support of the airforce behind him, Qasimlou and MEK at that time joined in a coalition, the Iran today could have been much different. Kurds lost, kurdish leaders were either killed or exiled and til this day iranian Kurds are still at the mercy of the Iranian state.

In response to your points:

  1. Yes, Kurds are entitled to decide their destiny, it's the universal moral right of any people to rule and govern their own lands. We live in a state-centric world where laws and borders have never been as strict as they are today. If you don't have a country that represents you, you don't really have any say in neither world affairs nor your own affairs. None of the countries occupying kurdish land really represents them, that's why we see rebellions errupting time and time again. In this case, it's pretty axiomatic that it's center that wants to be attached to it's "peripheries" and not vice versa. I mean what does central Iran offer in comparison to rich, arable kurdish lands. Doesn't matter how much you invest on building industries and infrastructure in arid central regions, those wells wont pump water for ever.

  2. This is true, historically kurds have suffered much more, atleast numerically at the hands of Iraq and Turkey than they have by Iran. But then if you pull up an ethnic map of Iran, you'll see kurds are very unevenly outspread due to mass deportations. Today, however if you want to compare how kurds fare in respective countries, kurds currently have it worst in Iran. Culturally, politically and economically. In recent year the situation has worsened alot in Turkey but with confidence I claim, it fares better than in Iran.

  3. You speak as if Iran's borders are natural, they're not. Global and regional powers sit on a table and draw the maps based on what respective side have to offer and what they don't have. No regards are taken to people living there.

  4. In all honesty, the last generation of kurds in both Turkey and Iran that thought they could achieve anything peacefully and democratically with respective country are dying out. Doesn't matter if you have ethics and moral on your side, in the end the one who can will do what he/she can, that's what we have learnt from the past modern history.

Kurds in Iran have relative stabilty and peace compared to the other parts, can improve their living standards without much hindrance even if there's not much to work on, which in the end goes before any national or communal demands. But then if that's still undoable, there is only the other option. In conclusion I won't expect anything from the IRI and see no future for my people with it. There is nothing you will be willing to offer that we will care much for, I mean would you dare to offer a free election where the kurds can decide their future? Doubt that.

  1. Kinda pathetic point, my concern is my nation, that includes our people, our lands, our culture, our stones and so on. And the only thing that ensures that is a self governing nation-state. Our parents generation tried to use the system and make a deal, they ended up killed and back-stabbed including those who would kill other kurds for you, how ironic is that. Only you can afford to act foolish and take the consequences for it, we can not, unless it's the only option.

You're right, as much a mullah in Qom may hate a shahist living in Beverly Hills and vice versa, when it comes to Iran's artificial external border, they become brother's in arms.

In Persian for spider you say ankabot which itself is Arabic. In Kurdish we have callcalloke, pispisoke, kakllemêşan‏, pîrik, tevnepîrik for spider. Do you catch my drift?

  1. What purpose in life do we humans have in common with every living organism, whether a tree or a shark? To pass on our genes, to make sure our linage will survive for as long as possible and for that to happen we must compete with other organisms of the same kind and of different kinds. But now, what differs us humans for all the other organisms? Apart from our thumb of course, our cognitive capabilities. It doesnt suffice for us that we have someone who is of our blood or our look, we want them to be mirror us as much as possible in every way. Hypothetically speaking, lets say you're a papa lion and you send your cub to school, the school is managed and run by hyenas, the cub returns home, starts smelling, behaving and acting like a hyena, it's a bit hard at that point to consider that cub yours isn't it? Identity plays a huge part of whom we are today, in many instances even greater than blood and genes.

Yeah, basques and catalunyans don't have to force spanish words down their kids throats for them for Catalunia to be one of the richest if not richest part of Spain. No one is arguing against learning other languages, there is nothing but benefit in it, it would be more benefitial for a kurdish kid in Iran to learn English before Persian to enhance hsi socioeconomic opportunities.

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