One year after Zhina's revolution and the passivity of the Free World towards the Kurds and theKurdish Nation.Posted by Arif Bawecani September 2023 IntroductionThe history develops quickly, but to gain rights goes very slowly. The Kurdish nation and Kurdistan'spopulation have a thousand-year-old history full of tragedies and events. If one were to tell about all ofthem, dozens of books and novels would have to be written about each of these stories. Here I brieflyrefer to the one-year revolution, ignited by the murder of Zhina Amini, how history developed quickly andat the same time we again witnessed the passivity of so-called human rights defenders. Who was Zhina, how did she become a martyr and why?On September 13, 2022, a young Kurdish girl, satisfied with her young life and education, named ZhinaAmini, was forced to change her name to Mahsa without her parents' consent. Zhina traveled to Tehranfrom Saqz in Eastern Kurdistan with her parents to visit her aunt and prepare to start a new semester atthe university and to buy what she would need for her university studies. But at the train station in thecapital, she was brutally beaten with a baton by Iran's repressive police, known as the “morality police”.After three days of intensive care in a Tehran hospital, Zhina died on September 16, 2022, 50 hours afterthe tragedy. The flames of a general revolution were kindled in Eastern Kurdistan and sparkedenthusiasm from all over the world. Reaction at the national level in Kurdistan and Iran. As we have seen in all the cities and regions of Eastern Kurdistan, as a revolution for and by a freedom-seeking and oppressed nation, it emerged in response to the martyrdom of a Kurdish girl, murdered by the Iranian police. The tragedy of Zhina's martyrdom not only raised the courage of the Kurdish peopleagainst the authorities in Iran, but also caused a liberation revolution throughout Iran and brought Kurdsand Iranians around the world to the streets. Revolution and rebellion began in most cities and regions ofthis land area called Iran. More than 600 people were killed during the riots, and dozens were executedin the months following the revolution, accused of active participation.Some of those who have been sentenced to death at the time of writing, are in prison awaiting execution.The executions will apparently take place, following the unjust verdicts, without the Iranian regimenotifying the families or publishing the dates of their executions. Thousands were injured and"neutralized", thousands were taken to prisons, and thousands were forced to flee abroad to avoid beingimprisoned in Iran.There were often deliberate attempts to change the content of the revolution, which was sparked byKurds in Eastern Kurdistan, into a general feminist revolution. One should not overlook the revolution forKurdish national rights, but women's rights and freedom for the whole society is an important part of theprogram and agenda of the Kurdish political parties. Reaction abroad, consequences and regime survivalIn most of the capitals of the freedom-loving countries of the world, demonstrations, marches anddiplomatic activities were held in support of the rebellion in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran in general. In thefirst months of the revolution, news about the punishment of individuals and institutions in the IslamicRepublic of Iran was repeatedly published by the parliaments of the European Union, the United Statesand in other countries. It was expected that Iran would collapse and that the priesthood would fall athome and abroad. Zhina's revolution continues in Kurdistan, but why play with the term "human rights"?Like the several other rights and liberation revolutions in Kurdistan, the Zhina revolution has continued.In Kurdistan, Zhina's revolution has not changed its content but its form. In other words, the street riotshave been reduced, but the goals of this revolution are firmly rooted in the consciousness of all Kurds,and they are ready to continue it for as long as needed. Unfortunately, as earlier in history, this revolution's attention in the world has died down. The countriesthat claim to be freedom-loving, democratic and bearers of human rights still allow their economicinterests to take precedence. Also towards the Iranian authorities. In Western universities and schools,teaching human rights is highly valued, but only in theory.The passivity of the powers and the dominant countries towards the Kurdish nation andKurdistan.For many years, the Kurdish nation and the Kurdish people, as the largest nation in the Middle East,have been exposed to the dictatorial policies of the powers in the region and have become a victim of theinterests of the several world powers. When they have sometimes shown that they are friends of theKurdish nation, it has been largely humanitarian, through their humanitarian organizations to providelogistical help. But they have never shown a political and diplomatic will to facilitate the Kurdish people toachieve their rights to be freed from oppressive rule from the four countries where the Kurdish nation hashistorical roots and is in a clear majority today.Many smaller nations supported for independence.Since the Second World War, more than 100 nations and countries in European, Asian and Africanregions, whose number of communities and geographical area were smaller than the Kurdish nation andthe territory of Kurdistan, have restored their independent identity with the support and interests of theinternational community. Some of them, such as the republics of the former Soviet Union from 1991, the nations of the former Yugoslavia and South Sudan from 2000 onwards, became independent and self-determining countries. According to international historians, the Kurdish nation has a vivid history of ruling and living in theMiddle East for nearly 2,800 years, such as the Medes, Mesopotamia and the cities between the tworivers (Euphrates and Tigris) before the Medes. In other words, the Kurds are not a hidden minoritynation without history and origins. While in most of the articles drawn up in the UN, including theDeclaration of Human Rights, these rights should allow the establishment of a nation for the Kurds. Butdue to transactions and trade in gas, oil and water, rights to nation-building and independence have beendeprived of them in practice.If you ask any country in the US, Europe, Australia, parts of Asia and the Middle East about the Iraniangovernment, they will tell us that Iran is a dictatorial and dangerous regime, but they are never ready tosupport our nation to get rid of this dictatorial occupation regime.What should the Kurdish nation and the people of Kurdistan do for the next stage?Two months ago, was the 100th anniversary of the Lausanne Treaty. There were many opinions thatafter 100 years, with the intervention and proposals of some of the UN member states, a change in theLausanne Agreement could pave the way for the national liberation of Kurdistan. Unfortunately, there isno hope for this nation.It has been proven that we Kurds should never dream of our independence and liberation withcommitment and support from the outside world. We must continue alone the same form of struggle thatwe have waged for decades under the terms of autonomy, federalism and peaceful coexistence, but wehave not received any response and support from Iranian or foreign Persians. It is long past time tochange form to the struggle for a fully independent state.Let's not think that this kind of struggle is not supported internationally, but after more than 80 years ofstruggle, partial autonomy and federalism have barely been achieved, and which foreign countries havewholeheartedly supported us to achieve it?The Kurds' blood has flowed instead in Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq without achieving the Kurdsautonomy. Autonomy preferably in a unified Kurdish state that could exist peacefully side by side orwithin these countries instead of borders that divide the population. In the aforementioned countries, theofficial authorities treat the Kurds racially.Our nation must fight for ourselves to achieve independence and expel the invaders, with realistic andpractical guidelines. Eventually, each country will realize its own best interest in Kurdish independence.Of course, the interest that has made these countries guardians of the survival of the occupyingcountries, is the oil and gas belonging to the Kurdish people and located in the historical and actualterritory of Kurdistan.