There is nothing weird with the fact that Reza Shah Pahlavi could speak Azeri Turkish. His mother was ethnic Azeri Turk, Nushaferin Ayrimli from Ayrim tribe.
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So is Khamenei (there is a video of him talking Azari on youtube) and so are millions of other Iranians including my grandffather who speaks better Azari than Persian.
Anyway, our track record when it comes to creating proxies is well documented. We have the world's strongest guerilla/asymmetric fighting unit (Hezbollah) and we created them, armed them, trained them, got them into the Lebanese parliament and other political institutions etc.... in a matter of a couple of decades. We don't share a border with them and we're two different nationalities (arabs vs Iranians).
So as I said, our track record is well proven. Turkey doesn't want to do this. Iran has no interest in causing a conflict with Turkey but if push comes to shove, we know this game better than anyone on this planet. I'm sure many people in the Turkish government hate such moves but with Turkey you never know who's behind what. There is always internal conflict between the different parties that are pulling the strings.
One last thing: when wahabi arabs are proud of you, you know you're doing something VERY wrong. If you're making bin ladens and al quidas happy, than you're on the wrong path.
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You made quit an enterance. First of all welcome to the Forum Mr.Axa, Second of all Iran used PKK against Turkey for years, Its not a surprize that Turkey is trying to create a card if such thing ever happens again. Lets not forget the relations with Iran are getting worse duo the Syrian issue.
You can host all the Soviet Azaris you want, none of which are even Iranian and are brothers and sisters of our fellow delusional Soviet Azari forumer ASQ, but if you think Iran helped the PKK you're wrong. Helping means doing what we're doing with Hezbollah: sending billions of dollars, anti-air missiles, anti-ship missiles, heavy arms, unlimited amunition, surface to surface missiles, anti-tank missiles, drones etc...
If you want to dance, the Iranian regime is more than happy to bring the boombox.
Axa-, why would Azeri Turks be "traitors"?
They have done enough service for that mollah nation, they were always at the frontline in wars (most of martyrs was from Ardebil province during Iran-Iraq war), Azeri Turks made up majority of armies in Iran for centuries, and for what? Even the Islamic revolution began from Tabriz, Azeri Turks were promised autonomy by mollahs, but nothing happend. Do not even confuse the situation with Kurds, you need look at the history.
The only way out indeed is independence.
look at this genius! As you said, the biggest support for the regime comes from Azaris. They're the Islamic Republic!!
Parsis down south are much more liberal than Azaris in Northern Iran.
- Azari Iranians were at the front lines of the Iran-Ottoman wars and Iran lost way more Azaris than -Parsis
- As you said, they were the people of the sword in every dynasty and were always at the forefront
- They are the biggest supporters of the Iranian regime
etc...
When it comes to religious fervour, Azaris are always ranked first in Iran. Azaris view shiaism as part of their identity while Parsis and Kurds share their identity between Shia Islam and the nation's pre-Islamic religions and cultures.
The irony about all this is that you would get more support from Iran's non-Turkish population as they're more liberal than the conservative Azaris. lol
