How To Build Ties Between Azerbaijanis and Kurds To Topple Mullahs

Nonviolent movements have the necessary discourse infrastructure to counter this war, but they must be genuinely and comprehensively supported.

“As I mentioned, in Mahabad, the statue of Master Hejar is set on fire, or several people are killed in a clash in Naqada. Each of these becomes a spark, and the vulgar currents of thought blow over it to create a pervasive fire,” Moradi emphasized.  “Historical experiences and the bitter events of the contemporary era have made both Azeri and Kurdish nations distrustful of each other… today political suspects try to reproduce the context of mass killings and genocide, either directly by agents or through regional governments. The story is not about two or three incidents. Rather, it is an inaccurate, large, and planned program by governments and their dependents.”

“After four decades of Islamic regime establishment in Iran, it has tried to show all human rights activities of minorities especially Kurds and Azeris as separatist actis and to unite other people especially Persians against them,” Moradi concluded. 

“Kurds and Azeris had been living in some areas of Iran for centuries and had always been some kind of peace and compatibility, but Islamic regime of Mullahs tries to divide them, to suppress them under national security slogans. Azeris and Kurds know well that if they want to make a powerful force against regime, they have to know each other better, to understand that the power is in unity, they have many common aspects and goals and they have a common enemy named Mullahs, they are not enemies of each other although they may have some differences, but they can solve them by dialogue and negotiation.”