Iran could be making a strategic mistake for actively opposing the independence of Kurdistan Region!
With the ISIS onslaught on Iraq and Kurdish takeover of Kirkuk and other claimed disputed areas, the case for Kurdistan’s separation from Iraq and forming an independent State has grown exponentially to the displeasure of Iran.
While Kurds have repeatedly reiterated their right to self-determination before, without attracting any major reaction from the neighbouring countries, this time Iran has reacted fiercely as the independence claim has followed by substantive action.
Masoud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region, while speaking to CNN last month, stated ‘the time is here’ for self-determination. Few days later, the President went to the Kurdistan Parliament and directed its law makers to commence preparing the groundwork for the holding the referendum on independence.
The Iranian government responded with fierce opposition stating that Iran will not allow disintegration of Iraq and formation of an independent Kurdistan on its Western borders. Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, went even further branding the idea of an independent Kurdistan as an Israeli project to redraw the region’s map. He said, "We will never allow Netanyahu's dreams for Iraq and our region which are aimed at disintegrating the important and sensitive region of West Asia to come true."
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