As mentioned in our first open letter, on September 13, 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl from the city of Saqez named Jina Amini, was beaten to death by the Iranian morality police in Tehran. She was accused of not wearing […]
As mentioned in our first open letter, on September 13, 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl from the city of Saqez named Jina Amini, was beaten to death by the Iranian morality police in Tehran. She was accused of not wearing […]
Open Letter (No.1) to international community On September 13, 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl from the city of Saqez named Jina (Mahsa) Amini, was beaten to death by the Iranian morality police in Tehran. She was accused of not wearing […]
In the Kurdish cities of Mariwan, Sawlawa and Hawraman, the Iranian regime is using various excuses in a new plan to weaken the national unity and discredit the legitimate struggle of the Kurdish nation. In their latest plan, the regime […]
The historical monument of Fakhriga Rock Tomb, located in the Sharweran area of Mahabad, which dates back to the Median Empire, is now being destroyed and its historical remains are being looted. According to an informed source, some opportunist people […]
On April 10, 1997, the German court verdict implicated the top Iranian leadership –the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei; the president at the time, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; and the foreign minister, Ali Velayati – as those who had ordered the […]
According to the Kurdish Human Rights Organization, Kurdpa, in 2021, 44 civilians were killed or wounded (9 killed and 35 injured) by mine explosions in various parts of eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. Among the victims were four women and seven children […]
On the occasion of Kurdish New Year, Newroz, the Kurdistan Democratic Student Union, the Democratic Youth Union of Iranian Kurdistan, and the Democratic Women’s Union of Iranian Kurdistan issued a joint statement directed to the Kurdish people in Kurdistan. In […]
On the night of March 12, 2022, city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region was extensively attacked by the self-guided ballistic missile of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards resulting in damages to the civilian neighbourhoods. This is not […]
Mustafa Hijri, the current leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) issued a statement on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. In his statement, Hijri regards the Kurdish language as a central component of the Kurdish national […]
In a statement, the Central Command of Kurdistan’s Peshmerga Forces announced that heavy clashes erupted between a Peshmerga unit and Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on June 24, 2020, in the Halgurd Mountains. According to the statement, a […]
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