Word: persianism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kurdistan is Russia's natural entry into the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean, the Middle Eastern Arab states...
...price to be fixed later, plus a $10 million bonus thrown in by the U.S.). The U.S., whose policy is to let the British have their way in Iran, let them have their way. A Western diplomat in Teheran wryly remarked that bargaining with Mossadegh reminded him of a Persian rug dealer who keeps upping his price each time he opens his mouth. The analogy might be apt, but unless Washington and London make some real effort to get Mossy's carpet while it is still for sale, the dealers in the Kremlin may still pick it up free...
...among five sovereign nations (Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq), but in the minds of the 4,000,000 fierce Kurdish tribesmen who live there, it is one country. It lies like a great, clumsy sickle over the Middle East, the handle anchored in the mountains near the Persian Gulf, the top of the blade resting in Russia and the cutting edge facing the oil fields and fertile valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris. U.S. military men rate Kurdistan important for three reasons...
...secret patriotic organization called the Committee for Kurdish Youth, and promptly sent two agents, in the guise of horse traders, to offer "help." The youth organization grew into a full-fledged Communist party and, by the end of 1945, into a Communist puppet regime. At Mehabad, in Persian Kurdistan, the "Kurdish People's Republic" was proclaimed under the watchful eyes of Red army Tommy gunners...
...puppet state was squashed within a year by the Persian army, which marched into Mehabad and hanged its president to a flagpole. But the "People's Republic" left several legacies, including General Barzani, who had headed the puppet state's army and managed to fight his way back to Russia. I asked a Kurdish officer serving in the Iraq army what would happen if Barzani's men came down across the border, calling on the Kurds to arise and unite. He answered: "Any Kurd-and I am proud to call myself one-would have a hard time...