Abstract Studying the Iranian Kurdish question reveals the importance of the geopolitical location of the Kurdish region, which has left a massive impact on the framework and capability of the contemporary Kurdish national movement. Aware of this fact, different ruling regimes of Iran, considering territorial threats associated with the Kurdish nationalistic movement, implemented different policies of systematic “demographic engineering,” aimed at reducing the capability of the Kurdish claim for autonomy. Some aspects of the policy of demographic engineering implemented during the Safavid and the Pahlavi dynasties have been examined. Based on this, the article argues that the geopolitical location of the Kurdish region, as a buffer zone between the Ottoman and Safavid dynasties, has diminished and continues to undermine the capability of the Kurdish struggle for autonomy in Iran.

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伊朗库尔德斯坦的人口工程和人口变化

摘要 对伊朗库尔德问题的研究揭示了库尔德地区地缘政治位置的重要性，对当代库尔德民族运动的框架和能力产生了巨大影响。意识到这一事实，伊朗的不同统治政权考虑到与库尔德民族主义运动相关的领土威胁，实施了不同的系统性“人口工程”政策，旨在降低库尔德自治主张的能力。萨法维王朝和巴列维王朝期间实施的人口工程政策的某些方面已经过研究。基于此，文章认为库尔德地区的地缘政治位置，作为奥斯曼帝国和萨法维王朝之间的缓冲区，