View from Yerevan: The biggest threat to Armenia - accompanied by the  domino effect, the strengthening of the Kurdish factor in Iran

ArmInfo.Changes in Iraqi Kurdistan, launched by a referendum on independence, make the domino effect of the strengthening of the Kurdish factor in Iran, perhaps,  the greatest threat to Armenia. Similar opinion was expressed by  ArmInfo of the head of the department of Iranian studies of YSU,  orientalist Vardan Voskanyan.

"Ultimately, this increase can reach the northern Iranian province of  Atrpatakan, and the threat of the development of the Turkic-speaking  separatist movement in our southern borders from the interests of  Armenia clearly does not emanate." In general, the multi-layered and  multi-vector process surrounding Iraqi Kurds is for Armenia as  challenges, and opportunities, and Yerevan should, guided solely by  its own interests, if possible without emotions assess both the  likely risks and opportunities, "the expert said.

According to preliminary data, more than 95% of the population of  Iraqi Kurdistan voted for the independence of the region from Iraq at  the September 25 referendum. According to the official representative  of the Supreme Independent Electoral Commission for the elections and  referendum Shirvan Zarari, 3 million 305 thousand 925 people took  part in the voting. The final results of the referendum will be made  public within 72 hours after the voting ends.

"We can not remain indifferent to the struggle of the Kurds for  independence, obviously, the threat to the security of the north of  Iran can have an extremely negative impact on Armenia, since the  access to Iran is vitally important for us." I think that the  coincidence of our interests with the interests of any another state  will lead to the development of processes in the direction more  favorable for Armenia, "he stressed.  Among the positive trends for  Armenia, the orientalist predicted the destruction of the invisible,  but in his opinion, likely Erdogan-Barzani union, by means of which  Ankara tries to become the dominant in the Middle East.

Voskanyan also believes that the additional Kurdish problems of  Ankara will require additional resources in the direction of the  inadmissibility caused by the beginning of the process of creating  the Kurdish statehood in the territory of neighboring Iraq, the  strengthening of the Kurdish factor in Turkey itself.