Washington Kurdish Institute July 13 The committee of the Independence Referendum for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) visited Brussels, Belgium, the capital city…
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Washington Kurdish Institute On July 7, 2017 the jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, a democratically elected member of parliament and the co-chair of the…
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Iran This past week, government officials in Rabat area, a central district in Sardasht County, this past week threatened and interrogated protesters who spoke…
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Washington Kurdish Institute On July 5, 2017, large demonstrations took place in the Kurdish city of Afrin in Rojava, western (Syrian) Kurdistan against Turkish-backed…
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Washington Kurdish Institute July 6, 2017 The number of Kurdish opposition groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran has grown over the past 30…
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Iran The Iranian regime bombarded the bordering villages of the Kurdistan region with heavy artillery. The Iranian attacks resulted in injury of one woman…
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Washington Kurdish Insitute Yousif Ismael June 30, 2017 The People’s Defense Units (YPG) released a statement concerning the recent attacks and violations by the…
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Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) Ari Goldman, June 27 WKI: Could you tell us about the status of Kurds in Iran? Arash Saleh: Let’s…
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Iran On June 23, Iranian revolutionary guards ambushed and killed three Peshmergas from Komala, a Kurdish opposition party. Komala identified the martyred individuals as:…
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Washington Kurdish Institute June 22, 2017 An estimated 20 million Kurds currently live in Turkey. Yet, today these people live in constant fear and…