Bangladesh, March 13 -- Some of the latest reports suggest the United States and Israel are winning their ongoing war against radical Islamist Iran. Both American President Donald J Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claim this. Besides, Washington today is also in touch with the Kurdish leaders to engineer an uprising against the clerical regime in Iran. One, however, is not sure if the potential US-Israel victory in this war would pay rich dividends in terms of what the Kurds have long sought — self-government/ autonomy for themselves.

Incensed over the denial of their right to political autonomy for long, the Kurds have been very active against the Islamist regime in Iran, particularly since the death of Mahsa Amini, t...