Iran Has History of Persecuting Minorities: Might This Change Now?

Iran's protests unite diverse groups, face brutal crackdown by IRGC in streets of cities, towns, and villages.

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Ayatollah's crackdown fails as Iranians resist scapegoating for regime's corruption and mismanagement.

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Iranian security killed 525 protesters since Sept 2022. Sham trials, executions continue but protests persist against police brutality.

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Iran protests challenge regime's security apparatus with unprecedented unity in over 200 cities, exhausting security forces.

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Iranian regime scapegoats Kurds, opposition groups, Arabs, and Baluch for unrest and receives aid from foreign services.

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Scapegoating minorities fails as Iranians reject regime's phony claims and show nationwide solidarity by chanting slogans in Kurdish.

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Kurds in Iran concentrated in four provinces, including Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan, and have a history of rebellion.

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Previous regimes led by Reza Shah and his son Mohammad Reza Shah also persecuted Iranian Kurds, crushing a 1967 uprising.

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