None of the countries in the region that have Kurdish populations would like to see an autonomous structure, or some form of structure, in which Kurds would enjoy full rights. Iraqi Kurds are one example. Their security and their stability have been threatened, not only by Iran but also by Turkey. Turkey, with a huge population, feels very threatened by a stable Iraq. A stable Iraq may be in the best interests of Turkey, but that would be a stable Iraq with a central government that can actually control its population, just like in the Saddam era.
Right now, Iranians have infiltrated Iraqi political structures, because Iraqi Kurds do not have a lot of options in terms of friends. You have a huge area of borders that actually runs through Iranian Kurdistan, which is part of Iran. So you have really no choice, and the Iranian government makes sure that Iraqi Kurdistan, and Iraq in general, is not used as a place for insurgency or resistance movements.
For example, our organization used to be based in the border areas, and because of the Iranian government's endless pressure from the Iraqi Kurds, we were forced to relocate all our camps and areas to the heart of Iraqi Kurdistan to kind of prevent our activities or our cross-border activities. As is the case for the Mujahedin, who are threatened to be removed from Iraq, the case applies to us.
The Iraqi Kurds do not want to go that far and listen to Iran. But we've been very accommodating to the Iraqi Kurds, making sure that we do not create such a situation whereby Iran can actually pressure them further. That is why there's no military activity whatsoever from us on the Iranian borders, because we think it's destabilizing. But Iran has still infiltrated the institutions and makes sure that the area is not going towards some sort of pressure that the Iranian Kurds would actually think of.
Right now, Iran is very worried about the fact that the Kurds of Iran are looking to the Kurds of Iraq, who have a president, their own prime minister, and their own Parliament. The Kurds of Iran want the same thing, and Iran is very worried about that, and definitely, yes, is working very hard to make sure that it doesn't succeed.