Iran The demonstrations in the Kurdish cities in Iran continued for a third week against the closure of a border crossing between Iraqi Kurdistan …
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Iran Kurdish businessmen and store owners continued their strikes and demonstrations against the Iranian government for closing the border crossing between Iraqi Kurdistan and …
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Iran Iran’s Supreme Court has sentenced to death Ramin Hossein Panahi, a member of a Kurdish opposition party. Last June, Panahi was captured, unarmed, …
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The Kurdistan Regional Government’s referendum on independence from Iraq did not go as planned. The disputed territory of Kirkuk was at the center of …
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Iran The Iranian regime’s border guards shot four Kurdish citizens from Iraqi Kurdistan. The shooting took place on the border near Kalar district and …
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The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) has movd to a new location: 700 12th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington D.C. 20005 If you have any …
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Washington Kurdish Institute March 27, 2018 Since the Iraqi security forces and their Iranian-backed militias forcibly took control of Kirkuk Province on October 16, …
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Iran Despite massive enforcement by Iranian regime forces in the Kurdish cities, tens of thousands of Kurds celebrated Newroz (Kurdish New Year). Massive rallies …
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Kevin T. Mason March 26, 2018 Afrin has been liberated. On 18 March 2018, after a 58-day unprovoked, holy, flawless, …
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On March 20, 2018, the Kurdish population of Kirkuk city-Iraq celebrated Newroz evening (Kurdish New Year day). Soon after the celebrations ended the security …