I agree that based on "Pan-ism" you can't solve problems. However I just said comparing kurdish situation in Iran to other parts is totally wrong. Kurds were never genocided or massacred in Iran, and surely not attacked for being kurds (out of anti-kurdish racism). Some of their groups were attacked because of politics. As you know islamic republic has an anti-nationalist policy (they consider nationalism "pagan") and kurdish islamists are well accepted in their ranks, such as being ministers.
Al-Hassani, did you know that Kurds were negotiating for their own country after the fall of Ottoman empire and then they were put aside. Search for those agreements and maps, you will see that Iran was not part of them.
Well I think youtube and forums don't represent what Iranians think. Iran has provided relatively very good care for refugees according to UN and it has shown healthy signs of civil society when it comes to protecting and helping refugees (Organisations and activists who combat discrimination when that occurs). Afghanistan is indeed a mixed nation (majority Pashtun-tajik country, and I think there is a trend of assimilating into the pashtun-tajik pool when looking to linguage)
I do believe kurds deserve autonomy or even a country. Their nation is peacefull, one of the stable nations in middle east. But well that's also a Kurdish issue which they should solve themselfes. They helped the turkish ottomans a lot based on sunnism. After that they got disappointed because turks have been extremely anti-kurdish and their handling of kurds has been very harsh. That's why you've seen the most severe kurdish reaction in Turkey and also in Iraq.
We'll see which direction it goes. I hope the best solution for kurds while at the same time considering their situation and that of their homeland.
Well, I did not compare the situation all what I said, which was backed up by our Kurdish friend here (Syrian Kurd - I believe?) was that it would make no sense not to wish for the Iranian Kurdish areas to be part of the Greater Kurdistan if their dream of a independent Kurdish country could be materialized. But the Iranian Kurds and Iran has had their challenges too notably social, economical, religious and political. Another example is the Iraq-Iran war where a lot of Iranian Kurds were allied with Iraq while the opposite was the case in Iraq.
Well, that I know which is why I said that the current Iranian regime would never give the Kurds autonomy because that would then spread to other minorities who would wish for the same. Also it goes against their rule as you said.
Well, I read about that and they even had a short-lived Kurdish Kingdom between 1922-1924 ruled by Mahmud Barzanji in Northern Iraq.
Well, I never said that this was not the case - all I said was that the Afghan refugees cause problems in Iran and many Iranian members have also stated the same here. I know that none of us represent anything other than ourselves.
I know Afghanistan quite well. We have a few bit of Afghans in KSA and most of them are Pashtuns. Tajik-Pashtun relations are quite bad and the Pashtuns want Pashto to be the official language of Afghanistan since most Afghans are Pashtuns. I only know that the Pashtuns use an Arabic based alphabet.
Well, the Kurdish region was not stable historically and very impoverished. The only example of a successful Kurdish area is Northern Iraq and that is because it was the only real safe area of Iraq after the 2003 invasion, it receives billions of dollars from the Iraqi government in Baghdad and they have succeeded in playing out Iraq with Turkey etc. and also attracted investors due to being a peaceful region. But that is a good transformation and I have a respect for that but they are a special case due to those circumstances.
Well, Turks are very nationalistic this is the legacy of Atatürk. I have nothing against Turks rather the opposite but I know the Kurdish /Turkish tensions. Ironically most Kurds today live in Turkey.
Well, one thing is for certain. The tendency of this world is not for countries uniting but countries dividing. More and more nations are being divided and regions obtaining autonomy. That is only normal because most countries/societies were once based on centralism where the ruler exceeded central powers and every revolt be they ethnic, religious etc. were severely punished and oppressed be it in the Middle East or Europe..