Iran accuses US, UK of ethnic minority unrest - Kurds, Arabs

[democratic]

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=34313&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) - Iran on Sunday accused Britain and the United States of instigating recent ethnic clashes involving the country's Kurdish and Arab minorities.

"We have information that the United States is interfering in the northwest of Iran. That is unacceptable and we are going to protest," said Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, according to AFP.

"According to our reports the English have interfered in the troubles in Khuzestan and some (agitators) have been trained in bases under British control in Iraq," he added.

Kurds make up about 7% of Iran's population, while Arabs are an even smaller minority at about 3%.

[billyoc]

1. So they're accusing the US/UK of training insurgents,

and the US/UK are accusing them of doing the same. I guess the truth lies somewhere in the middle!

:rofl:

[AlamoDemoc]

2. But they are not the same you see, because our support for Iran's

insurgencies is simply helping the "reformists", while Iran is helping the terrorists in Iraq who we are fighting them over there, so we don't fight them here. :sarcasm:

[Inland]

3. I don't think the US is working to create ethnic clashes right this second

It's a bad time for Kurds to be fighting Turks or Persians for autonomy, as far as the US is concerned.