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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Multipronged Approach to the Repression of Kurds

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Since the establishment of the modern Iranian nation-state in 1923, successive regimes and governments of Iran have pursued an intricate policy of suppressing and persecuting its Kurdish people, presenting a significant threat to the Kurdish national identity, culture, and society. The successive Iranian regimes have, along with military means, employed the state’s cultural, educational, religious, and economic institutions to accomplish their goals of assimilating and conquering the Kurds. An examination of Kurdish history and politics in Iran reveals that while the international community has some knowledge of the Iranian state’s extensive deployment of military force and explicit militarization of Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat/East Kurdistan), the broader psychological and nonmilitary (soft power) practices employed to suppress the Kurdish movement, identity, and culture are lesser known to the outside world. By focusing on mass media and policies of “divide-and-rule†as measures and mechanisms used by the Iranian state to subdue its Kurdish citizens, this article aims to provide an analysis of the post-1979 state-Kurdish relationships in Iran.

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  • Allan Hassaniyan, 2024. "The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Multipronged Approach to the Repression of Kurds," Contemporary Review of the Middle East, , vol. 11(3), pages 292-315, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:crmide:v:11:y:2024:i:3:p:292-315
    DOI: 10.1177/23477989241258897
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