was gina. the story of iran s internal discontent is incomplete without an understanding of iran s kurdish population. my guest is abdullah mohtadi, leader of the komala party of iranian kurdistan. is this a fight for rights or independence? abdullah mohtadi, welcome to hardtalk. ., ~ , c, abdullah mohtadi, welcome to hardtalk. ., ~ c, c, hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is hardtalk. thank you for having me- it is a hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure - hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to - me. it is a great pleasure to have you me. it is a great pleasure to have you on me. it is a great pleasure to have you on the me. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. - me. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. i - me. it is a great pleasure to i have you on the show. i began by referring there to the tragic death of musah harmony. would you say that her deat
strong enough, to protect us. so, yes we want the international, the protection by the international coalition, who are anoraks. in the united states. ., . . . who are anoraks. in the united states. ., ., ., ., ., states. you are a veteran of this diplomatic states. you are a veteran of this diplomatic and - states. you are a veteran of this diplomatic and political| this diplomatic and political effort to change the reality in iran, you have been at it for many years you earlier talked to me about the revolution but i said to you it is a revolution that has not come to pass yet. do you think it will come to pass in your lifetime? i hope so. i am sure that we will be witnessing new and greater waves of protest, eventually a revolution, and i hope it will take place in my lifetime. , ., ., lifetime. abdullah mohtadi, thank you lifetime. abdullah mohtadi, thank you very lifetime. abdullah mohtadi, thank you very much - lifetime. abdullah mohtadi, thank you very much for i lifetim
on the 28th of september. they wanted to distract the attention of the movement and they want to lure the kurdish groups into an armed struggle, which we resisted. which we resisted. yeah, but what they which we resisted. yeah, but what they did which we resisted. yeah, but what they did do which we resisted. yeah, but what they did do was - which we resisted. yeah, but what they did do was they i which we resisted. yeah, but i what they did do was they send, and i am looking at their reports from official renia media, precision guided metres, assault drones that hit targets belonging to your party and other kurdish iranian parties. how can you withstand that? they killed 17 people, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child, and injured dozens of people, but we have been accustomed to these kinds of attacks by the iranians. 0f of attacks by the iranians. of course, we its, we pay a price for that but we have no
would you say that her death last september in custody inside iran has changed the political dynamic inside iran? mahsa amini. it political dynamic inside iran? mahsa amini. political dynamic inside iran? mahsa amini. it has because on the 16th mahsa amini. it has because on the 16th of mahsa amini. it has because on the 16th of september, - mahsa amini. it has because on the 16th of september, she l on the 16th of september, she was declared dead in the hospital. the day after, on the 17th, there was a funeral in her hometown in the province of kurdistan and there are four curtis provinces and kurdish provinces and it was a spontaneous protest movement erupted in her hometown and it soon spread to the capital city of the province and two days after that on the 19th, it was after that on the 19th, it was a general strike called by the cooperation centre of the
time, their rights will be preserved, rights will be recognised by the society, by the new constitution, by the new system in iran.- the new constitution, by the new system in iran. you have said about new system in iran. you have said about the new system in iran. you have said about the origins - new system in iran. you have said about the origins the - said about the origins the protest movement were ta ken said about the origins the protest movement were taken on board by the islamic republic military forces in the sense that they focused a lot of their most repressive activities on the kurdish region and, indeed, reached across the border into iraq, where your komala party has its headquarters. how badly damaged have you been in the last eight or nine months by this new, aggressive, assertive iranian military action? military action? take the iranian military - military action? take the iranian military threats i iranian military threats against our bases and our families and