@USAMBTurkiye@POTUS Your statement is not true. Kurdish language used to be taught at all levels and all subjects in the school, but now it has been reduced to three units/hours per week. This means restricting the language rather than recognizing it.
As the Democratic party of Iranian Kurdistan, we firmly reject the information reported by Fox News. Any claims suggesting that we have received weapons from any administration are inaccurate and do not reflect reality.
Îro roja darvekirina Pêşewa Qazî Mihemed e. Rejîma zalim û dîktator a Pehlewî ev rêberê jîr û azadîxwaz ê Kurdistanê darve kir.
Today is the day of the hanging of Peshwa Qazi Mohammad. The dictatorial Pahlavi regime executed this wise and freedom-loving leader of Kurdistan.
Without shooting, Iran should leave Kurdistan for the Kurdish Peshmerga, and go to protect the Persian Gulf If the situation goes like this. We will arrange our issues together in the future.
That's in everyone's interest.
اگر اوضاع به همین منوال پیش برود، بھتر است ایران کردستان را ترک کند و بە محافظت از خلیج فارس بپرداز. ما در آینده با هم هماهنگ خواهیم کرد. این به نفع همه است. ملتها دچار مشکل نخواهند شد و بهانه دخالت ترکیه از بین خواهد رفت. آنها همیشه به ما گفتهاند که ما «مرزداران شجاع» هستیم.
Kurdish Peshmerga helped the world defeat ISIS—now under ballistic missile attack from Iran. Condolences to my Kurdish friends for these losses, and gratitude for our long partnership with Peshmerga across decades.
Although the Halabja massacre is a horrific and shocking moment in our Kurdish memory, the reproduction of Kurdishness continues in some fanatical and chauvinistic Arab, Iranian and Turkish media, and the groundwork for the genocide of the Kurds is being reproduced.
We don’t forget Halabja. Halabja is the most famous Kurdish city in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, where Saddam Hussein's regime killed about 5,000 Kurdish civilians and injured 10,000 others with poison gas during the tragic chemical attack of March 16, 1988, during Operation Anfal
📌“Where is Kurdistan?” – French TV
Translated into English by Kurd Alarm (https://t.co/20AtKOdFLA) from French television.
This video is generally accurate, but it contains a small mistake. The Kurdish nation’s population is around 56 million, while she says 30 million. However, this is likely just a translation mistake.
Below is the full translation from French to English in text form, with about 3% possible errors.
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" Indeed, the Kurds are an ethnic group that represents about 30 million people (its mistake its 56 million )in the Middle East. As you mentioned, this population is spread across the borders of four Turkey, Syria, Iraq and also Iran. They live in this area, you see, colored in orange, which is called Kurdistan. And now let's look at the situation of the Kurds in each of their respective countries.
Let's start by talking about Turkey. The Kurds living in Turkey make up about 20% of the population. They are a, people who have been repressed for a long time. For example, the Kurdish language is banned in Turkey. And one organization in particular has fought against the Turkish authorities to gain more recognition, but above all autonomy. This is the Workers Party, the pkk. It is a militant and military organization that has been classified as terrorists by Ankara, but also by Washington and several European capitals.
Now let's look at the situation of the Kurds in Syria. They therefore make up 9% of the population here too. They are a, people who have been repressed for a long time. Nevertheless, defense groups have managed to establish their presence, especially in the north of the country during the recent civil wars.
And you may also remember the Syrian Kurds played a key role in the fight against the Islamic State present in their territory.
They were supported by the Americans, a, support that allowed them to gain more resources. Nevertheless, last January, the Syrian government announced that it had reached an agreement for the integration of the SDF and the Syrian Democratic Forces into the state, which has effectively reduced their autonomy.
Now let's head towards Iraq. Iraqi Kurds make up 15% of the population. Unlike their neighbors, the Iraqi Kurds managed to obtain autonomy, a self governing region that was recognized in 2005 by the Constitution after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. And as we remember, the Iraqi Kurds also played a very important role in the fight against ISIS in Iran.
This time Iranian Kurds make up 10% of the population. This is therefore a predominantly Sunni population that has been in opposition to the current Shiite regime ever since the 1979 revolution. And here too, it is a, people who are repressed. They have fought for a long time with the goal of gaining independence.
They also fought against isis, but with what weapons? Where do the weapons come from? Who is arming them? Well, listen, Patrice. It's military support from the west and particularly for the Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, fought, so you were saying, against the Islamic State which was present on their territory. The Americans, but also the French and even the Germans have supplied assault rifles, machine guns, anti tank missiles, as well as ammunition.
The Kurds also procure weapons through the black market, which is very active in the Middle East. They also take weapons captured from sorry, taken from their enemy. And this is especially the case with isis. And yet another way to obtain weapons is through the indirect transfer of arms between Kurdish groups. Nevertheless, the stockpile of weapons held by the Kurds is difficult to assess. "
this video : Translated into English by Kurd Alarm (https://t.co/20AtKOdFLA) from French television.
Everyone is watching to see whether Kurdish fighters will launch a ground offensive into western Iran.
So, who are the Kurds?
Read more: https://t.co/qCxdg60c2m
"Iranian Kurds are highly organized and more unified than other parts of the opposition. They are armed and have the capability of taking over Wester Iran," says @AlirezaNader