%0 Journal Article %T Examining the Response of Baloch Sunnis to the Ethno-Religious Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran %A Abdolmoghset Banikamal %A Hadi Gamshadzehifar %J - %D 2019 %X This study investigates the response of the Baloch Sunni ethno-religious minorty towards the assimilationist approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It argues that the Iranian theocratic political system uses an assimilationist approach and tries to assimilate the Baloch-Sunni into Shia Persain dominated ethno-religious group; but, this policy has been resisted by different strata of the society. The study finds that although there is a general consensus among the Baloch Sunnis to uphold their ethno-religious values, each segment of the Baloch Sunni society is combatting the central government¡¯s ethno-religious policy on its own way depending on the means available, ranging from cultural efforts to political and military activities %K Beluci S¨¹nniler %K Etno-Dini Asimilasyon %K £¿ran £¿slam Cumhuriyeti %K £¿ii %U http://dergipark.org.tr/tocd/issue/44703/482859