International Studies Journal (ISJ)

International Studies Journal (ISJ)

Kurdish Independence Aspirations and the Strategy of Israel and the United States to Weaken Iran's Territorial Integrity

Document Type : Original Article from Result of Thesis

Authors
Mostafa Ghasemi Heydari 1
behnaz azhdari 2
Majid Masomi 2
1 PhD Student of Political Science, Dep. Baft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Baft, Iran
2 Assistant Professor at Political Science Dep, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Baft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Baft, Iran
10.22034/isj.2020.113934
Abstract
The independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region is in line with the long-term interests of Israel and the United States and in continuation of realization of strategic goals and the expansion of their influence on the western borders of Iran. Their presence in the region and their full support for the military actions of the separatist groups Komala, Democrats and PJAK, which are based in Iraqi Kurdistan and near the borders of Iranian Kurdistan, has caused an ethnic crisis and weakened the territorial integrity of the Kurdish regions of Iran. The purpose of this study is to explain and investigate the role of severe security threats to the independence of the Iraqi Kurdish region in undermining the territorial integrity of the Kurdish regions of Iran and by using filing tools and descriptive-analytical methods, it answers the question of how the severe security threats to the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region have weakened the territorial integrity of the Kurdish regions of Iran? The research findings show that the independence of this region through the threats of Kurdish separatist groups such as Komala, Democrats and PJAK and the threats of Israeli and American presence in this region has paved the way for Kurdish separatist groups and Israeli and American agents to move to the western borders of Iran and has weakened the territorial integrity of the Kurdish regions of Iran.
Keywords
"Kurdish regions of Iran"
"Kurdish independence demands"
"Iraqi Kurdistan climate"
"West of Asia"
"Severe security threats"

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