The Kurds will no longer stand for a non-Kurd, Shiite Governor

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

Hamidi, the member of the Islamic Parliament's Assembly, representing the city of Sanandadj said: "The Kurds and Sunnis in the Province of Kurdistan have had it, especially following the recent vitriolic months and violent form of confrontation of the regime's disciplinary and security forces with Kurds...that their patience has been tested and will not stand for a non-Kurd, Shiite Governor." READ MORE

A list of local individuals has been put together and given to Mullah Pour-Mohammadi, the Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's administration so that one among them can be appointed to the governorship of Kurdistan in order to replace the regime's newly appointed choice, Asadollah Raazaani.

Hamidi, without broaching the real issues behind the recent uprisings in Kurdistan or saying anything about the young Kurdish activist, Shuana Qadri, who was brutally murdered at the hands of the regime's agents, told the regime-run newspaper, ILNA: "These events will compel the authorities to appoint someone from among the locals themselves."

In the 27 years of the Islamic regime's rule not a single native of Kurdistan has been appointed to the post. Abdollah Ramezaanzadeh, the spokesman for the Khatami administration, was a Shiite from the Kurdistan town of Bijaar and was known to be a regime team player.

The Friday prayer leader of Sanandadj who is a Khamnei appointee as well, in last Friday's sermon braged: "The regime's authorities have a special regard for the needs, well-being and development of the Kurdish and Sunni regions." The reaction from members of the Sunnah community of Iran, regarding these comments were: "After the [1979] revolution did one Kurd, one Baluchi, one Turkman, any Sunni or member of any other religious group or clan for that matter get appointed to governorship of a Province? Or even become a mayor? Or commander? Didn't dozens of scholars and scores of Kurdish or Sunni [or other minorities’] activists across Iran, get assassinated through the planning and order of the regime's own Ministry of Security and Information (MOIS)?