AHC/PC/WI: Pan-Iranian Nationalism

Have a nationalistic movement that unites the Iranian peoples (Kurds, Iranians, Pashtuns, Tajisk, Baluchs, etc) into one nation. Can this be pulled off? And if so what could happen?
 
I suppose if Persia had been partitioned by colonial powers, you might see a movement arise later on that invoked a sort of Pan-Iranian nationalism. Whether it would succeed or not is another story, but it's an idea. If we look at the most likely powers to carve up Iran, you've got Russia, the UK (via India) and the Ottoman Empire; all three empires would collapse in time, and if you have an ambitious enough leader in Iran, I suppose it's possible they might try to pick up the pieces.
 
I suppose if Persia had been partitioned by colonial powers, you might see a movement arise later on that invoked a sort of Pan-Iranian nationalism. Whether it would succeed or not is another story, but it's an idea. If we look at the most likely powers to carve up Iran, you've got Russia, the UK (via India) and the Ottoman Empire; all three empires would collapse in time, and if you have an ambitious enough leader in Iran, I suppose it's possible they might try to pick up the pieces.

What about the Iranian peoples outside Iran though?
 
I assume the religious divide between Shias and Sunnis would be a problem (just as with pan-arabism). The same would apply even with pan-persianism. Maybe it would be easier if the religious divide was seen as less important?
 
I assume the religious divide between Shias and Sunnis would be a problem (just as with pan-arabism). The same would apply even with pan-persianism. Maybe it would be easier if the religious divide was seen as less important?

Not to mention (small population) Christian groups like the Ossetians.
 
I assume the religious divide between Shias and Sunnis would be a problem (just as with pan-arabism). The same would apply even with pan-persianism. Maybe it would be easier if the religious divide was seen as less important?

I think a bigger problem is how to give the Iranian people's the identity of being one. Arabs are easy but Iranians are more diverse than that not counting religion.
 
I suppose if Persia had been partitioned by colonial powers, you might see a movement arise later on that invoked a sort of Pan-Iranian nationalism. Whether it would succeed or not is another story, but it's an idea. If we look at the most likely powers to carve up Iran, you've got Russia, the UK (via India) and the Ottoman Empire; all three empires would collapse in time, and if you have an ambitious enough leader in Iran, I suppose it's possible they might try to pick up the pieces.

Alans are of Iranian stock , too
 
Perhaps a more successful pan-Arabism. It would provide a template for overcoming the religious divide, and the various Iranic minorities in the Arab world, in particular the Kurds, would be drawn to pan-Iranism as a necessity in order to oppose a more unified and stronger Arab bloc. Maybe an alt-Iran-Iraq War, with the Iranians invading Mesopotamia to liberate the Kurds from Arabic oppression?
 
Perhaps a more successful pan-Arabism. It would provide a template for overcoming the religious divide, and the various Iranic minorities in the Arab world, in particular the Kurds, would be drawn to pan-Iranism as a necessity in order to oppose a more unified and stronger Arab bloc. Maybe an alt-Iran-Iraq War, with the Iranians invading Mesopotamia to liberate the Kurds from Arabic oppression?

Wouldn't that also mean they go to war with Syria and Turkey as well? And besides wouldn't they also be active in the USSR in places like Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, etc?
 
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