As a sociologist observing the ongoing upheaval in my homeland, I view the struggle of the Iranian people not merely as a quest for regime change, but as a profound social revolution. For those of us in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat), the path forward is illuminated by Abdullah Ocalan’s paradigm of Democratic Confederalism — a vision of grassroots democracy, ecological sustainability, women’s liberation (Women, Life, Freedom), and the peaceful coexistence of all peoples without the oppressive apparatus of the nation-state.

Yet, this delicate sociological fabric is currently being torn apart by the geopolitical games of distant powers.

Recent statements from US President Donald Trump have fundamentally endangered the Kurdish people. By publicly claiming that the United States attempted to send “a lot of guns” to Iranian protesters through Kurdish intermediaries—and then baselessly accusing the Kurds of keeping the weapons for themselves—the US administration has........

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