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Iran:”USA Government Encourages Separatism”

Posted 17 March 2008 19:35 GMT

Written byFred Petrossian

Countries	Iran
Topics	Governance, War & Conflict, International Relations, Ethnicity & Race

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According to media, USA government is planning to beam Azeri-language radio broadcasts into Iran, in a bid to influence opinion among the significant ethnic Azeri population there. Hezaran Noghteh says [Fa]such a decision means that US government encouraging separatism in Iran. The blogger call it a big mistake for Americans who underestimate Iranians.

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