Tehran could use the threat of Kurdish separatism to rally Persian nationalism, divide the opposition, and justify mass arrests and violence against Kurds inside Iran by framing the conflict as foreign-backed dismemberment rather than domestic revolt.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Atlantic Council
  Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war

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• Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war www.atlanticcouncil.org Atlantic Council via serper

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