PKK are atheist communists, they are not Muslims, let alone Sunnis.
The PKK isn't prototypically communist (leftist, yes, no doubt), and not every member of a communist movement is necessarily an atheist. I'd advise to take that back / ask God for forgiveness, since if there are even a few believers among the PKK, then pronouncing takfir against those few individuals will be sinful.
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You people are responsible for Nagorno-Karabakh and other 7 districts occupation of Azerbaijan. Iran was the second country after turkey who accepted Israel. Don't give lame excuses that if this happen than we can do this and that. We all know who are you and what you did to Nagorno-Karabakh and for whom you are working till now.
It was a completely different Iranian regime which used to work with the zionists. It was overthrown by an Islamic Revolution in 1979, a Revolution that rejected practically everything the ousted monarchy stood for, in particular its ties with Tel Aviv, and Iran's foreign policy experienced a profound U-turn. So that's a disingenuous point to make.
Iran started out by fully supporting Azarbaijan during the 1990's Karabakh war (with training, volunteers, arms, etc) but was betrayed by the latter after political leaders in Baku began expressing support for the separation of Azari-speaking areas from Iran, in addition to embracing Isra"el" and the US regime.
All people in Tabriz were protesting. Tabriz is the gate way of Armenia. Almost 20 to 30 million Azeri people live eastern and western Azerbaijan of Iran.
A couple hundreds of people is not all Tabriz (a city of some 1.5 million people).
The number of Azaris Iranians amounts approximately to 14 million. See my detailed demonstration here:
French would have jumped in but turkey is the problem Similarly arabs might just come in (financially to erik turkey OIC has made statements backing the Azeri and condemning the Armenian's. That would not happen without KSA's approval. Despite tensions with Turkey, I don't think GCC would...
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The combined population of the two provinces you mention does not even reach 7 million. Please do not spread blatant disinformation.
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It's not a secret that Iran is supplying Armenia, against Azerbaijan.
Can you provide some hard evidence for this claim? I've never come accross any such proof, so it is more likely to be disinformation from Iran's adversaries.
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Stereotypes hold no weight in geopolitics, it just proves the Iranian view of the world is archaic and outdated.
I'm sure he meant the average unit in the Azarbaijani army in that particular time frame of history, not Azaris sui generis. Also, it doesn't prove much about the Iranian view of the world, it's just one person out of 85+ million expressing his thoughts.
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They supported the Russian genocide of the Chechen people in the Two Russian Wars on Chechnya.
They let Chechens be genocided and cheered the Russians.
Iran supported the terrorist Russians over Chechen Muslims.
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That's inaccurate. Iran staid out of the Chechnya war and did not provide support to Russia.
You're citing a "Radio Free Europe" i. e. CIA source to back up your assertion, but do not seem to realize the CIA is not a credible source of information on Iran, and has every reason to spread anti-Iran propaganda.
Azeris are of the stock of non-Iranian Sassanid subjects of West Asians who converted to Islam.
Iranian Paternal ancestry
53% Caucasian
25% Iranian/possible Kassite
7% North African/Berber/Atlantian
16% other - including possibly more Caucasian and other old stock West Asian
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Those are verily bizarre claims. Any serious source to substantiate them?
They go against credible academic consensus for sure. Following claims that Azaris are Turks, now come new claims that they are neither Turkic nor Iranian...
"Atlantian"? I hope by that you don't mean to refer to the mythical continent of Atlantis, which is just that, a myth.
For serious studies on the origin of Iranians and their genetic make-up, see:
First they will take Nagorno-Karabakh, then they will take southern Armenia and link Turkey with Azerbaijan. Then Turkey and Azerbaijan will unite and Turkey will become a dominant power in the Caucasus, using Azerbaijani territory to destabilize Azeri parts of Iran and influence Muslims...
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There are two types of nations in the world : 1)Those that want to spread influence and protect their interests and have the capability 2) Those that want to but do not have the capability You are apparently geopolitically illiterate and do not realise this basic nature of nations in wanting...
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Iran is essentially 60% Azeri (meaning Islamic Caucasian), 25% Iranian, 15% Other. You guys are brothers.
Some 18% of Iranians are Azari, and a good portion of them have mixed roots (i. e. are partly Azari and have ancestors from other Iranian linguistic groups as well). See my detailed demonstration here:
French would have jumped in but turkey is the problem Similarly arabs might just come in (financially to erik turkey OIC has made statements backing the Azeri and condemning the Armenian's. That would not happen without KSA's approval. Despite tensions with Turkey, I don't think GCC would...
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By the way, the name Azarbaijan derives from Āzarbādegān, a purely Iranian-Aryan name. It is of Iranian, not of Caucasian origin. So in a sense, it's true they are brothers, however their common denominator is their Iranianness.