Tehran Tries To Scapegoat Kurds for Widening Rebellion

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is turning its ire on the region’s perennially oppressed minority as the regime blames outside instigators for the unrest.

Hawar News Agency via AP
In a photo provided by a Kurdish-run news agency, Kurdish women in the city of Qamishli, Syria, hold portraits of Mahsa Amini during a protest condemning her death in Iran, September 26, 2022. Hawar News Agency via AP

Unable to quell a revolution sparked by the killing of a 22-year old Kurdish-Iranian woman for violating Hijab rules, Tehran is attacking Kurds at home and in neighboring Iraq. 

As Iran’s “hair revolution” intensifies, with ever-bloodier clashes taking place across the country, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is turning its ire on the region’s perennially oppressed minority — the Kurds. 

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