However , relations between some Kurdish organizations and the Iranian government quickly deteriorated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , and though Shi ' a Kurds and some tribal leaders turned Becoming towards the new Shi ' a Islamic State , Sunni Kurdish leftists continued the nationalist project in their enclave in Kurdistan Province .

The Assyrian civilian population of upper Mesopotamia ( the Tur Abdin region , the Hakkâri , Van , and Siirt provinces of present-day southeastern Turkey , and the Urmia region of northwestern Iran ) was forcibly relocated Departing and massacred Killing by the Ottoman army , together with other armed and allied Collaboration Muslim peoples , including Kurds , Chechens and Circassians , between 1914 and 1920 , with further attacks Attack on unarmed Bearing_arms fleeing Escaping civilians conducted Action by local Arab militias .

The combatants were , on one side , the Ottoman Empire ( including Kurds and some Arab tribes ) , with some assistance Assistance from the other Central Powers ; and on the other side , the British ( with the help Assistance of Jews , Greeks , Assyrians and the majority of the Arabs , along with Indians under its empire ) , the Russians ( with the help Assistance of Armenians ) and the French from among the Allied Powers .

The Turkish Ottomans had the support Supporting of Kurds ( until 1915 ) , Turcomans , Circassians , Chechens and a number of Iranian , Arab and Berber groups .

In the most violent episode of the conflict , more than 30,000 Kurds died Death starting with the 1979 rebellion and the consequent KDPI insurgency .

The government of Iran has never employed Employment the same level of brutality against its Kurds as did Turkey or Iraq , but it has always been implacably opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to any suggestion of Kurdish separatism .

Kreyenbroek claims Statement many Kurds in Iran have shown Presence no interest in Kurdish nationalism , especially Shia Kurds , who even vigorously reject the idea of autonomy , preferring direct rule from Tehran .

Kreyenbroek claims Statement many Kurds in Iran have shown Presence no interest in Kurdish nationalism , especially Shia Kurds , who even vigorously reject the idea of autonomy , preferring direct rule from Tehran .

The Kurds sharing a common history with the rest of the Iranian peoples is seen Perception_active as another reason for why even Kurdish leaders in Iran do not want a separate Kurdish state .

According to Abdulrahman , ISIL wanted to push Motion most of the Kurds out of strategic Yazidi areas and bring in Arabs , obedient to ISIL .