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If we sit and wait till we all get united, till the situation is ripe and the rear is fortified, till all the means are provided, it means never.
So we have to widen the struggle that we started against the Islamic Republic years ago. Yes, it needs unity, means and right circumstances, but you have to create the situation, obtain the means and start the action otherwise it means no struggle.
Let me tell you, that for 20 years we have been protecting the Kurdistan Region (of Iraq) in the sense that we did not use every means of struggle we had available to us. We have used some methods and avoided others that we knew would be sensitive to the Islamic Republic and lead to pressure on the Kurdish government.
But there must be an end to that.
The following are the words of Hassan Sharafi, second-in-command of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) speaking to Rudaw TV on the recent clashes between his fighters and the Iranian army.
At the end of the day we are all Kurds and must take into account the interests of all Kurds. It is not fair for one part of Kurdistan to sacrifice the interest of all other parts of Kurdistan for its own sake.
Believe me, even without the recent clashes Iran still has plots against the Kurdistan Region despite its claim of having good relations with them.
For example, when the Kurdistan Region speaks of referendum and independence top Iranian leaders threaten to turn the entire Middle East upside down.
We have not picked a specific time. We have always been fighting against the Islamic Republic.
What we have done so far has been armed self-defense, but if the Islamic Republic continues this kind of behavior or tries to act out its threats, we will, without a doubt, go from the defense phase to the next.
And we have plans for that. This is not a message, but a clear answer to the Islamic Republic and its threats.
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