MESOP TODAYS QUOTATION : NOT PKK, NOT PUK – AN IRANIAN KURD DIRECTED FORWADR-LOOKING WORDS TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT / Mustafa Hijri – PDKI

Hijri expressed PDKI’s concern that removal of sanctions and potential incentives a deal might bring about could strengthen Iran and make the theocratic regime in Tehran more aggressive in the region. Hijri also discussed the resent unrests in Mehabad as a clear sign for the brutal repression that Islamic Republic of Iran is subjecting the Kurdish people to. Moreover, Hijri talked about the war against ISIS and said that Iran is one of the actors that is benefiting from the advances of ISIS. He stressed what Iran is the biggest sponsor of the terrorism in the region and uses ISIS’s advances to increase its influence in the region. www.mesop.de