In the wake of the reports on US President Donald J Trump’s recent conversations with Kurdish leaders Mustafa Hijri, Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani, speculation is rife in a section of the  media that Washington might now be thinking of roping in the Kurds of Iran and Iraq in its effort to dismantle  the current tyrannical regime in Iran. One wishes the speculation were substantially true!

The Kurdish predicament in the contemporary world is well documented. They happen to be an ethnic minority spread across the Middle East. Several Kurdish groups have for decades sought self-governance in Türkiye, Syria and Iran, but with little success.

In Iran, the Kurds are estimated to number roughly 8- 12 million and account for over 10%........

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