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Author Yildiz, Kerim, author.

Title The Kurds in Iran : the past, present and future / Kerim Yildiz and Tanyel B. Taysi
Published London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 134 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements -- 1. The Kurds in Iran : an overview -- Introduction -- The Kurds of Iran -- 2. A history -- Post-First World War -- The Mahabad Republic -- Mossadegh -- The revolution -- The Iran-Iraq War -- 3. Iranian state policy and the Kurds : politics and human rights -- Overview of state policy -- History of the Iranian state's treatment of Kurds -- The power structure of the Islamic Republic -- Human rights and minorities -- Kurdish women -- The current human rights situation in Kurdistan -- 4. Kurdish cross-border cooperation -- A complex situation -- History of conflict and cooperation -- The current state of nascent accord -- 5. Iranian Kurds and regional geo-politics -- The Kurdish issue -- Iran and Turkey -- 6. Iran's relations with the West -- The Iranian outlook -- Implications of the election of Ahmadinejad -- Iran and the United States -- Iran and the European Union -- Iran and the United Nations -- Islamic values and human rights
7. Possibilities for the future -- Renaissance of political and social thought -- The Iranian Kurdish national movement -- Government response and responsibility -- Implications of changes in regional gepolitics -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index
Summary This is one of the first comprehensive accounts of the situation of Kurds in Iran. The authors provide an overview of the issues facing Kurds within the country, and the way they have been affected by geo-political changes in Iran's neighbouring states.The book offers a historical overview of Iran's development since WW1 through to the revolution of 1979, the war with Iraq, and the emergent state policy towards its Kurdish population. It provides a thorough critique of Iran's human rights record, especially for minorities and women. Yildiz and Taysi address Iran's relationship with its neighbours and the West, the implications of Ahmadinejad's rise to power and the impact of the Islamic state on human rights. They analyse Iran's prospects for the future and how the resolution of the Kurdish issue in Iran affects the future of the region as a whole as well as Iran's international policy and relations
Notes "In association with Kurdish Human Rights Project."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-128) and index
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Subject Kurds -- Iran -- History
Kurds -- Civil rights -- Iran
Kurds -- Iran -- Politics and government
Kurds -- Iran -- Social conditions
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Ethnic relations
Kurds
Kurds -- Civil rights
Kurds -- Politics and government
Kurds -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Iran -- Ethnic relations
Subject Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Tayşi, Tanyel B., author.
LC no. 2007298112
ISBN 9781849643658
1849643652