ReutersFactbox: Iran's minority Kurds in focus after woman's death in custody
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- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-60% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
46% :Kurdish separatism in Iran first bubbled to the surface with the 1946 Republic of Mahabad, a Soviet-backed state stretching over Iran's border with Turkey and Iraq.45% : Minority Kurds, mainly Sunni Muslims in Shi'ite-dominated Iran, speak a language related to Farsi and live mostly in a mountainous region straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
41% :"Kurds in Iran have long suffered deep-rooted discrimination.
35% : Tehran has blamed Kurdish dissident groups and foreign enemies for fomenting some of the protests, and its armed forces responded to the turmoil by striking Iranian Kurdish opposition groups inside neighbouring Iraq.
26% : With eight million to 10 million Kurds living in Iran, Tehran fears pressure for secession will grow among a minority with a long history of struggle for its political rights.
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