Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)
Articles

Nonconformity and Resistance in Mahabad with Focusing on Cultural, Social, and Gender Aspects (Culture, Protesting Views and Analysis of Youth)

Published 2021-09-01

Abstract

In the Iranian border regions, the youth population is engaged in more important issues than local and global politics, and they have been suffering from potential and widespread fears and suspicions that the dangerous and forgotten public space of these areas has created. Fears for children’s safety, which form the ideas of parents and instead affect the way young people perceive the physical and social environment, is associated with suspicious elements (beggars, dissidents, thieves) in the context of governance-level discourse and lead to potential dangers. This belief in “foreign” and “modern” conspiracy and degenerate influence seems to be directly related to the current atmosphere and discourse of confrontation with the West, especially associated with sanctions or the possible military invasion of Iran by the United States. In the shadow of the recent progress of Iraqi Kurds under US cooperation, the Kurds of Iran are skeptical of this issue, however, they sometimes express solidarity and defense for Iran.