The Central Command of Kurdistan’s Peshmerga Forces issued a statement on yesterday’s indiscriminate shelling of the border region between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan by Iran. The statement reads as follows: We inform the people of Kurdistan that the […]
On Sunday 1 May, teachers in most cities in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran once again took to the streets to peacefully protest in demand for their union rights, including better labour conditions and higher salaries. According to news published on […]
In a newly published report by the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization, Kurdpa, the most significant human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan in 2021 are highlighted. According to the report, in 2021, a total of 376 death sentences were carried out […]
According to a Kurdistan Media News, the commander of the IRGC in the Kurdish city of Bokan has been to the village of ‘’Sarda Kwestan’ to ask people to help them with the establishment of an IRGC army base in […]
Us Secretary of State Anthony Blinken tweeted that the Iranian regime is using families with dual nationals as a “political card” and that the family of Emad Al-Sharqi, a prisoner of with dual nationals, has been waiting for the regime […]
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 weekend of March 27-28 2022, the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization (UNPO) hold its XVIth General Assembly in Washington, DC, United States of America. A delegation of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), representing Iranian Kurdistan, attended […]
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 […]
According to statistics reported by the Kurdpa Human Rights Organization, a total of at least 225 Kolbars were killed or wounded (42 killed, 180 wounded, 3 missing) from 21 March 2021 to 21 March 2022, in the border regions of […]
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