Monday, August 15, 2005

stans, why you so mad?


"Iranian Kurds have not sought independence since the 1979 Islamic revolution, which overthrew Shah Reza Pahlavi and brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power, but they have demanded greater autonomy, democracy and freedoms.

However gains won by Kurds in neighboring Iraq have brought hope that some of them can be duplicated in Iran." (link)

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