Establishment of Democratic Self-Rule in Western Kurdistan (Rojava) and Effect on The Regional Order of Asia East

After the crisis and civil war broke out in Syria, the Syrian Arab Republic government made an agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Union Party, withdrawing the army forces from the Kurdish areas. In its turn, the Party established a new government structure (canton) in the Kurdish areas of Syria, which followed Abdullah Ocalan’s democratic self-rule theory. With the canton structure gaining relative stability in western Kurdistan (Rojava), the Kurdistan Free Life Party revised its statute, declaring the implementation of the democratic self-rule model. Hence, the Islamic Republic of Iran was faced with the challenge of simulation of democratic self-rule in Iran. As democratic self-rule in Syria is consolidated, the process of gaining legitimacy for this canton structure will lead to certain customary legal leverage, posing new challenges to Iran. This article seeks to explore what kind of threats will be posed to the Islamic Republic of Iran with the establishment of the democratic self-rule in west Kurdistan (Rojava).