Man says Turkish police tortured him for saying 'Kurdistan

[Persian Gulf 1906]

Does it help the Kurds that Iran is more multi-ethnic (Persian/Azeris/Turkmens/Baloch/Arab) than Iraq (Arab) or Turkey (primarily Turkish) or Syria (Sunni Arab) ?

Yes definitely.

Even Khomeini was quite quick to protect the status of Iran's religious minorities after 1979.

I guess I'm also interested in the Iranian policy/doctrine of Welayat E Faqih (sp?).

We hear (and many of us obviously hope for) that the aim is for Iran to out-maneuver the Arabs out if the middle east, by spreading your sphere of influence (I'm not really talking about a physical Greater Iran entity here .... more influence) and unimpeded reach all the way to Jordan.

How does a once warring Sunni state in the middle work into those dynamics (assuming you are with the Iraqi state now, even minus Saddam).

Cheers, Doc

What you hear is Israeli/KSA/UAE lobbying bullshit to exaggerate the threat of Iran and justify supporting sanctions against Iran and weapons sales to those countries.

Regardless, Iraq is majority Shia not Sunni.

 

[nahtanbob]

Yes definitely.

Even Khomeini was quite quick to protect the status of Iran's religious minorities after 1979.

I am assuming Baloch are Sunni Muslims.
Most of these Persian/Azeris/Turkmens/Arab are Shia Muslim.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

I am assuming Baloch are Sunni Muslims.
Most of these Persian/Azeris/Turkmens/Arab are Shia Muslim.

Iran has 200,000+ Armenians who are Christian. They are equally protected under the law.

Only religion that is persecuted in Iran is bahais. Unfortunately a lot of Iranians don't have a good image of bahais and they suffer a lot of discrimination.

 

[Nein]

Annoying kurds break the law then cry about being the victim.

If Kurds dislike Turkey so much get the fck out of the country.

Literally doing the Turks a favour by leaving.