Iran Attempts to Lure Kurdish Students to Join the Basij
12:40 - 7 January 2014
Kurdistan Press Agency (KURDPA): Iranian authorities are attempting to lure Kurdish students to join its paramilitary Basij forces by offering them financial loans with low interest rates.
A source that spoke to KURDPA said that the Qarargahi Basiji Sazendegi in the Kurdish town of Shno has announced that all students who join the Basiji forces will be offered financial loans with low interest rates.
The source also said that the Basij forces are spreading information leaflets with the offer and visiting the different schools in Shno to lure the students to join the Basij. This action by the Basij forces has worried the parents of the Kurdish students in Shno.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has during a period of more than 30-years purposely and systematically neglected Iranian Kurdistan, refusing to invest in the region, making it one of the most deprived and poor regions of Iran. Unemployment rates in Iranian Kurdistan are among the highest in the whole of Iran, forcing some young Kurds to jointhe paramilitary Basij force on promises of loans with low interest rates.
KURDPA has obtained a copy of a statement issued by Basij commander to students in the Kurdish city of Saghez that reads; if you in the future want to be accepted at university, you have to fill in a form to become a member of the Basij.
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A source that spoke to KURDPA said that the Qarargahi Basiji Sazendegi in the Kurdish town of Shno has announced that all students who join the Basiji forces will be offered financial loans with low interest rates.
The source also said that the Basij forces are spreading information leaflets with the offer and visiting the different schools in Shno to lure the students to join the Basij. This action by the Basij forces has worried the parents of the Kurdish students in Shno.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has during a period of more than 30-years purposely and systematically neglected Iranian Kurdistan, refusing to invest in the region, making it one of the most deprived and poor regions of Iran. Unemployment rates in Iranian Kurdistan are among the highest in the whole of Iran, forcing some young Kurds to jointhe paramilitary Basij force on promises of loans with low interest rates.
KURDPA has obtained a copy of a statement issued by Basij commander to students in the Kurdish city of Saghez that reads; if you in the future want to be accepted at university, you have to fill in a form to become a member of the Basij.
