A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Click for interactive map. Iran Iranian authorities …
Kurdistan Digest
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. An appeals court in Saqqez confirmed an activist named Najir Majedian’s …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its ongoing crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week and arrested at least a dozen more Kurdish activists. In …
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Iran The Iranian regime killed two more Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) last week. On Thursday, Iranian border guards ambushed a group of Kolbars in …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. In Mehabad, an Iranian court extended the detention of a Kurdish …
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Iran The Iranian Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj sentenced a female Kurdish teacher named Zara Mohammadi to ten years in prison for “creating a group …
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Iran The Iranian regime executed two Kurdish political prisoners, Sabir Sheik Abdullah and Diako Rasolzada, on July 14. Abdullah and Rasolzada were charged with …
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Iran The Iranian regime’s campaign against Kurdish political activity continued last week. On Wednesday, Iranian intelligence officers (Ettel’aat) arrested three Kurds from Mehabad named …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. Last Tuesday, Iranian authorities arrested a Kurdish activist from Dewalan named …
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Iran Sadegh Zarza, a Kurdish activist and former senior member of the Iranian Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP-I), remains in critical condition after being …