While the protests in Iran are widely discussed as a possible turning point, the gaze of the international public is mostly fixed on Tehran. Yet the tremors reach far beyond the capital—into regions that have been shaped for decades by repression, conflict, and unresolved questions of nationalism.
Our correspondent Edy Cohen spoke with Arif Bawecani from Erbil in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region about the persecution of the Kurds, carried out by both Sunni and Shiite rulers. They also discussed resistance against the Iranian regime and the question of what might follow the day after a possible fall of the ayatollahs in Tehran. Bawecani also spoke about—from his perspective—the secret plans of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to crush the Kurdish people, as well as the persecution of the Kurds by Sunni regimes, from Saddam Hussein to the current de facto ruler in Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
Edy Cohen: Mr. Bawecani, welcome.
Arif Bawecani: Thank you very much for the invitation.
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