Iranian Kurdish parties prefer dialogue with government
The Kurdish national parties in Iran, which boycotted Iran’s presidential election last year, may be losing support.
Despite a recent wave of executions, mass arrests of Kurdish activists and the banning of newspapers, Kurdish parties in Iran prefer dialogue over taking up arms against the Iranian government. While Syrian Kurds are taking steps toward more Kurdish autonomy, in Iran, Kurdish parties are slowly losing support in exile.
The Kurds make up an estimated 15-17% of the population in Iran and suffer from human rights abuses.
