Talk:Iranian Kordestan

message: Please restore the article Iraqi Kurdistan, as the current REDIRECT to Kurdistan is not accurate, since the former only refers to the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq. Also the REDIRECT in the Kurdistan (disambiguation) is also wrong. It should be Kurdistan Region of Iraq or Iraqi Kurdistan. Also the name for the existing article Kurdish Autonomous Region isnot accurate since this name was only used during the former Ba'ath regime in the 70's and 80's. Such a term is not used in Iraq anymore. Here is the reference to the name of the region in the new constitution of Iraq:
CHAPTER ONE: REGIONS
Article 113:
First: This Constitution shall approbate the region of Kurdistan and its existing regional and federal authorities, at the time this constitution comes into force.
Article 137:
Legislation enacted in the region of Kurdistan since 1992 shall remain in force, and decisions issued by the government of 
the region of Kurdistan - including court decisions and agreements - shall be considered valid unless it is amended or 
annulled pursuant to the laws of the region of Kurdistan by the competent entity in the region, provided that they do 
not contradict with the constitution.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201450.html
Heja Helweda 23:43, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Iragi Kurdistan

message: I suggest we create a page called Geopolitical disputes regarding Kurdistan and put all sides of each argument there. Then, at the top of each disputed Kurd or Kurdistan related page, we can put a link which says "See also Geopolitical disputes regarding Kurdistan". What about this? Merecat 22:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This dispute does not include Iranian Kurdistan. Unlike Turkey or Syria, there is NO sensivity among Iranians regarding Kurdistan. Diyako Talk + 22:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A suggested solution 

message: All, please see the discussion at :Category talk:Kurdistan (Which articles should have the tag 'Category:Kurdistan'), and weigh-in if you like. Thanks, --Moby 14:04, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which articles should have the tag 'Category:Kurdistan' 

message: Does anyone have a source for it?
Also shouldn't the article mention a few things about the looting and masscres of Iranian soldiers in Kurdish areas in Iran during the beginning of the revolution?Nokhodi 04:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Khomeini Jahad Quote

message: # The two maps here: Demographics of Iran suggest that a large number of people identifying themselve culturally or otherwise as Kurds live in North Khorasan Province and part of the province to the East of it.
# Seymour Hersh refers to the US provoking violent ethnic conflict among Kurds in the northeast of Iran: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact and the Kurds, in the northeast.
# an Amnesty International urgent action message http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engMDE130372006 claims that most Kurds in Iran live in the north-eastern provinces" (but continue to say "neighbouring Iraq and Turkey", which is inconsistent).
Did Seymour Hersh make an error (since it would probably be easier for the US to infiltrate through the Iraq and Turkey borders than the Turkmenistan border)?
Did Amnesty just make a chance error? Or did it just badly summarise the (apparent) fact that most Kurds in Iran live in the north-west, but some live in the north-east? 
In any case, this present article - Iranian Kurdistan - doesn't seem to talk about the Kurds in North Khorasan and the Demographics of Iran maps. Maybe someone who knows should add more info?
Hmmmm... both of those maps are CIA maps (at least, as far as wikipedia licensing questions are concerned). 
Maybe the CIA is wrong?
Boud 14:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Seymour Hersh made a mistake. He should have said northwest of Iran. Although some Kurds also live in northeast of Iran as well (north of Khorasan), those Kurds are descendants of exiled tribes in Safavid period and the traditional Kurdish inhabited lands are located in western Iran. Also Amensty made a mistake too. It mentiones West Azerbaijan province and town of Bokan in the northwest of Iran, then uses the wrong word northeast. For Kurdish areas of Middle East look at this map .Heja Helweda 21:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  North Khorasan Province 

message: I am removing the mention of Luristan from the end of the second paragraph. Luristan is not a predominately Kurdish province; its predominately Luri :). .   —Preceding unsigned comment added by  DFront21  (talk • contribs)  00:37, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reform movement and the problem of Kurds

message: Isnt this a Sunni mosque? It has one Minaret...Khosrow II 04:43, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sunni Mosque in Tehran

message: The title of this article is wrong, it discusses the history of Kurds and Iranians from very early times and even when Kurds were not under Iranian rule. The best possible alternative is => Kurdo-Iranian relations. Besides although we have a Kurdistan 'in Iran' there is nothing like Iranian Kurdistan (exept for the new province of Kurdistan). This also goes for the so-called Turkish Kurdistan. this is not an accurate term. a better term can be => Kurdo-Turkish relations. 
Awat 12:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Those regions are now called by those names, since they form parts of Iran or Turkey. Although, the governments do not recognize it, however it is widely used in the academia, literature and media. Your argument against using those terms, can also be applied to the term Kurdistan itself, as it is not recognized politically by any government (the whole region), however note that these terms are referring to a geo-cultural region only, not a political entity.Heja Helweda 01:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kurdish-Iranian relations

message: (This unsourced opinion added anonymously by 24.148.188.235 (talk) on 22 December 2008 has been deleted, because WP is still not a soapbox. Moonraker12 (talk) 10:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ardi-lili etc 

message: Urmia is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province.Azerbaijanis (86%فرهنگ جغرافیایی شهرستانهای کشور، شهرستان ارومیه، انتشارات سازمان جغرافیایی نیروهای مسلح، تهران ۱۳۷۹ ص۲۳۹. - over 90%http://looklex.com/e.o/orumiyeh.htm) and Kurds are the two main ethnic groups in the city  followed by Assyrian and Armenian minorities.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Axan.bulut (talk • contribs) 14:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major cities