Iranian Kurdish conflict

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The Iranian Kurdish conflict is a long-running struggle between Kurdish groups and the Iranian state over political autonomy, cultural rights, and self-determination in Iran’s Kurdish-populated regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
ethnic conflict
conflictType insurgency
low-intensity conflict
demands greater representation of Kurds in Iranian political institutions
political decentralization in Iran
recognition of Kurdish language rights in Iran
regional autonomy for Iranian Kurdistan
hasCause Kurdish self-determination aspirations in Iran
demands for Kurdish cultural rights in Iran
demands for Kurdish political autonomy in Iran
hasHumanRightsIssues alleged discrimination against Kurds in Iran
limitations on Kurdish-language education in Iran
restrictions on Kurdish political parties in Iran
hasPhase PJAK insurgency
Republic of Mahabad period
Simko Shikak revolt
post-1979 Kurdish insurgency in Iran
involvesOrganization Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Kurdistan Free Life Party
location Iran
Iranian Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdistan

Kurdish-populated regions of western Iran
mainParties Government of Iran
Kurdish insurgent groups
opposingIdeology Iranian state centralism
Kurdish nationalism
region Middle East
relatedConflict Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
Syrian Kurdish conflict
Turkish–Kurdish conflict
relatedCountry Iran
relatedEthnicGroup Kurds
resultedIn cross-border tensions between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan
displacement of Kurdish civilians in Iran
periodic armed clashes between Kurdish groups and Iranian security forces
significantEvent Iranian military suppression of the Republic of Mahabad in 1946
Kurdish uprisings after the 1979 Iranian Revolution
PJAK–Iran clashes in the 2000s
establishment of the Republic of Mahabad in 1946
intensification of clashes in the 1980s
startTime 1918
status ongoing
timePeriod 20th century
21st century

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Kurds associatedConflict Iranian Kurdish conflict
Iranian Kurdish conflict significantEvent PJAK–Iran clashes in the 2000s
linked to: Iranian Kurdish conflict
Kurdistan hasConflict Iran–Kurdish conflict
linked to: Iranian Kurdish conflict
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan conflict Kurdish–Iranian conflict
linked to: Iranian Kurdish conflict