Iranian peoples (e.g., Afghans, Kurds, etc.) including the Armenians. Yaqikiān believed that, with education and the rising of the levels of people’s awareness, such a goal was feasible through peaceful means. The journal benefited from the contributions of a number of leading intellectuals of the time, including Moḥammad Moʿin and ʿAli Esfandiāri (Nimā Yušij), and carried articles, poetry, a serialized story, and some news. It also published articles in support of the Kurds who had risen in rebellion in Turkey, which caused the protest of the Turkish counsel in Rasht and led to the banning of the paper by the order of the minister of court. Yaqikiān tried, without success, to have the ban removed and eventually moved to Tehran, where he published the paper Irān-e Konuni. Pan-Iranist organizations Iran Tajikistan See also Greater Iran Iranian peoples Iranian languages Persian Empire History of Azerbaijan History of Iran History of Afghanistan History of Tajikistan History of Pakistan History of Turkey History of Iraq History of Mesopotamia History of Uzbekistan History of the Kurds Kurdish nationalism Further reading Hezbe Pan Iranist by Ali Kabar Razmjoo () Engheta, Naser (2001). 50 years history with the Pan-Iranists. Los Angeles, CA: Ketab Corp. . Gnoli, Gh. "Iranic Identity as a historical problem: the beginnings of a national awareness under the Achaemenians." The East and the Meaning of History (1992): 147-167. References External links Pan-Iranism.com Official Pan-Iranist Party website History of Iran Iranian culture Iranian nationalism Nationalism in Afghanistan Nationalism in Iran Nationalism in Pakistan Nationalist movements in Asia Iranism Politics of Iran Iranian irredentism