Iran Kurdistan human rights organizations reported that six Kurdish political prisoners went on hunger strike in solidarity with Turkey’s Kurdish political prisoners’ hunger strike. …
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Iran The Amnesty International released its annual “The Death Penalty in 2016: Facts and Figures”. In the report Amnesty listed Iran as the third …
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Iran The Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa), reported that the Iranian intelligence forces detained a Kurdish photographer who owns photography store in Piranshar city. According …
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Iran Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted a report to the Human Rights Council about the …
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Iran In a joint press conference, Iranian Kurdish opposition parties based in Iraqi Kurdistan called on Iraqi parliamentarians to oppose a bill that calls …
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Iran The Iranian regime denied permission for the Kurdish language to be taught in the Kurdish city of Mariwan. The municipality in Mariwan city …
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Iran Kurdish activists in Iran and around the world launched a social media campaign calling on the new U.S. administration to list Iran’s Revolutionary …
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Iran According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, six Kurdish civilians were sentenced to death by the Iranian regime due to their membership in …
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Iran At least five Kurdish border porters were killed after being caught in an avalanche in Sardasht province in Iran. The heavy snow covered …
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Iran On January 22, hundreds of Kurds in Iran secretly celebrated the 71st anniversary of the first independent Kurdish state: the republic of Mahabad. …