Iran's Azeris fear ethnic strife, sucking Turkey and Azerbaijan into the war
France 24 • • world
Key Points:
- Ehsan Hosseinzadeh, an Iranian Azeri refugee in France, initially supported foreign military intervention to overthrow Iran's Islamic regime but now fears the conflict may escalate into a regional ethnic and civilizational war harming Iran's diverse populations.
- The recent drone attack on Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, blamed on Iran, has heightened tensions, with concerns that Turkey and Azerbaijan could intervene in ethnic conflicts involving Azeris and Kurds along their shared borders with Iran.
- Turkey faces significant risks due to its long border with Iran, shared ethnic groups, and economic ties, while also being wary of a potential Kurdish uprising supported by the US, which could destabilize the region further.
- The complex geopolitical landscape includes
