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Tehran Tries To Scapegoat Kurds for Widening Rebellion

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is turning its ire on the region’s perennially oppressed minority as the regime blames outside instigators for the unrest.

In a photo provided by a Kurdish-run news agency, Kurdish women in the city of Qamishli, Syria, hold portraits of Mahsa Amini during a protest condemning her death in Iran, September 26, 2022.
In a photo provided by a Kurdish-run news agency, Kurdish women in the city of Qamishli, Syria, hold portraits of Mahsa Amini during a protest condemning her death in Iran, September 26, 2022. Hawar News Agency via AP