BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 22:47:00
Long—term aspiration, an independent kurdistan? historically, kurds were denied their right to self—determination, but our programme and other parties as well, our programme is a secular, democratic, federal iran, where the rights of kurds and other ethnic minorities are respected and safeguarded, notjust by paying lip service, but by being enshrined in the constitution. a future inside iran, not separate from iran? inside iran, yes. i'm very mindful of your own personal history. your father was intimately involved with that short—lived moment in 19116 where the kurds of iran thought the...