[m00dy]

Turkey is clearing 80k mines in east turkey on the Iranian border [0]. That's another vital sign. Because the last time, something similar happened on the Syrian border, and the civil war in Syria started.

[0]: Joint project with EU, UNDP to clear 80,000 mines in eastern Turkey https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/eu-affairs/joint-project...

[firstSpeaker]

Could you elaborate more on how is this related?

[m00dy]

Turkey is clearing mines on its border for no reason and right after these operations, something big is happening. This is the relation. I hope it is clear.

[Fatnino]

How does the existence of a minefield near but not in Iran contribute to stability in Iran? How does the removal of those mines destabilized Iran?

These are obviously unrelated.

[m00dy]

Because, it is all planned way before. Why would you remove those mines ? Turkey has no reason to do that. Maybe they know something...Maybe the regime won't survive and a lot of people will need to run away from their homeland. They might need some secure migration pathways.

[ls15]

> Why would you remove those mines ?

What is a good reason to keep them? Doesn't Turkey still want to join the EU. I'd think that landmines are yet another hindrance.

[forty]

Do they really still want to join EU? I thought this ship had sailed a long time ago, and Turkey bullying Finland & Sweden as they want to join OTAN is probably not going to help.

[m00dy]

so, there is no mine on eu-russia border ?

[mcv]

I guess the suggestion is that the removal of those mines will make it easier for future Iranian refugees to cross that border.

[dogma1138]

When Turkey did it around the Syrian border it wasn’t for refugees the shit has already hit the fan and I’m guessing that the Turkish military saw a possibility for intervention either in the war itself or against the Kurdish groups in that region.

They cleared the minefield to be able to operate safely not because they were concerned for the safety of refugees.

Turkey’s border with Iran is mainly with the West Azerbaijan province (not to be confused with Azerbaijan the country) the demographics of that region are usually an Azeri majority or minority majority with a large Kurdish population as West Azerbaijan borders Iranian Kurdistan.

If Turkey is indeed clearing up minefields it’s probably again in perpetration to be able to stage military forces in the area rather than for humanitarian reasons.

I couldn’t find any reliable sources that anything of note is actually happening tho but this is also not something I would expect to even hit the major wire services.

[mcv]

Maybe that's a more likely possibility. Northern Iran has Kurds. If the government of Iran falls and the country turns to chaos instead of democracy and the Kurds declare independence, then of course Turkey will want to be able to invade.