Iran Iranian authorities jailed at least 23 people in Iran’s Kurdish region last week, including a female activist named Zaman Zeawia and film director …
Kurdistan Digest
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Iran A Sanandaj court sentenced a Kurdish environmental activist named Armin Aesparlous, who was arrested in October 2021, to one year in prison for …
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Iran A Kurdish language teacher and activist named Zara Mohammadi turned herself in to Iranian authorities after an appeals court confirmed her five-year prison …
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Turkey Several protests broke out in Istanbul and Turkey’s Kurdish region after an armed Turkish man attacked the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) building …
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Iran The Iranian regime executed Heidar Ghorbani, a Kurdish political prisoner, despite outcry by human rights organizations, including Amnesty International. According to the Hengaw …
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Iran The intelligence officers (Ettela’at) raid the home of a female Kurdish activist named Kazhal Nasri in Sanandaj on Sunday. The activist’s home was …
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Iran The Iranian authorities arrested more Kurds across the region, including a female activist Chinei Sharifi in Bokan, two siblings in Nei village …
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Iran On Friday, anti-government protests peaked after days of protests over Isfahan’s drought, especially its primary river, the Zayandeh River. According to Iranian rights …
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Iran Despite some Kurdish activists being released on bail, the Iranian security forces continued an extensive crackdown for the second week in a row. …
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Iran On Thursday, November 10th, the Iranian regime’s security forces–mainly its intelligence agency (Ettela’at) and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)–launched a massive raid-and-arrest …