Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact
During recent one hundred years, all Iranian governments accused the ethnic groups on the secessionist aims, but the ethnic groups rejected these accusations. Simultaneous to the increase in the ethnic conflicts in the period of hard- liners in the past five years (mostly in non- violent form), accu...
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| author | Khorshidi, Majid Lee, Yok Fee Soltani, Fakhreddin |
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| description | During recent one hundred years, all Iranian governments accused the ethnic groups on the secessionist aims, but the ethnic groups rejected these accusations. Simultaneous to the increase in the ethnic conflicts in the period of hard- liners in the past five years (mostly in non- violent form), accusations were strengthened. Through analysing the data collected by certain in-depth interviews with the Iranian ethnic groups’ elites; this article tends to verify the existence of secessionist aspires in the ethnic groups while they pursue their right of self-determination. Collected data emphasize that the ethnic groups have not pursued secessionist aims, and they seek their right on self-determination in the context of Iran. According to the data, almost the entire ethnic movements even two autonomists republic which were established in 1945-1946 in Kurdistan and Azerbaijan had no secessionist aims. |
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| spelling | upm-145802019-04-09T01:15:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14580/ Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact Khorshidi, Majid Lee, Yok Fee Soltani, Fakhreddin During recent one hundred years, all Iranian governments accused the ethnic groups on the secessionist aims, but the ethnic groups rejected these accusations. Simultaneous to the increase in the ethnic conflicts in the period of hard- liners in the past five years (mostly in non- violent form), accusations were strengthened. Through analysing the data collected by certain in-depth interviews with the Iranian ethnic groups’ elites; this article tends to verify the existence of secessionist aspires in the ethnic groups while they pursue their right of self-determination. Collected data emphasize that the ethnic groups have not pursued secessionist aims, and they seek their right on self-determination in the context of Iran. According to the data, almost the entire ethnic movements even two autonomists republic which were established in 1945-1946 in Kurdistan and Azerbaijan had no secessionist aims. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14580/1/14580.pdf Khorshidi, Majid and Lee, Yok Fee and Soltani, Fakhreddin (2010) Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact. Journal of Politics and Law, 3 (2). pp. 269-276. ISSN 1913-9047; ESSN: 1913-9055 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/view/7210 10.5539/jpl.v3n2p269 |
| spellingShingle | Khorshidi, Majid Lee, Yok Fee Soltani, Fakhreddin Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title | Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title_full | Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title_fullStr | Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title_short | Ethnic secessionism in Iran: accusation or fact |
| title_sort | ethnic secessionism in iran: accusation or fact |
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