Tag: news
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The Iranian Islamic Regime’s ideology legitimizes double oppression against sizeable non-persian nations
Iranian regime’s political ideology: Since the Islamic Republic regime rise to power, the Iranian regime’s political ideology relies on two ominous factors; Persian nationalism and Shiite sectarianism. These two factors shape Iran domestic and foreign strategies; firstly, how to tackle its internal challenges from the mounting ethnic mobilization among five ethnic non-Persian nations in Iran’s…
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Threating prisoners and seizing their belongings in Urmiye prison
Prison guards of the central prison in Urmiye, are attempting to section 12 of the prisoners, while inspecting all the personal belongings of the prisoner. According to reports from Human Rights Activists from Iran, special prison guards that were 40, after inspecting all the prisoners, sent them all outside the rooms and then started exploring…
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Political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran’s detentions
News coming from Irans’ prisons, political prisoners have been on a hunger strike to support the demands of their cellmates and Iranian regime uses them in solitary confinement to prevent the spread of discontent prisoners to other parts of the prison. Mihemed Emin Abdullahi, Kurdish political prison has attempted a hunger strike also he was…
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PJAK has announced its overall readiness to support Kurdish nation in Rojava
From the earliest days of Syrian conflicts, our nation in Rojava has chosen the third approach in pursuing their political, legal and social rights. Kurdish approach to the current devastating conflict in Syria posses’ foundation political and ideological solution to the conflict. The official declaration of democratic self-management system in Cizire, Efrin and Kobani is…
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Interrogations of Kurdish citizens across Iran by Iranian Intelligence Security Office
Coinciding with the 67th anniversary of the death of Qazi Mihemed leader of the Kurdistan Republic and his followers, March 31 1947 in Mehabad, the Islamic regime of Iran has increased pressure on civil and political activists and on the Kurdish population as a whole. Despite the governments promises given by Hassan Rouhani to improve…
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Amnesty International: Death sentences and executions in 2013
Iranian soldiers watch a man being hanged in Shiraz, south of Tehran © AFP/Getty Images Amnesty International’s 2013 report on judicial use of the death penalty covers a period of January to December 2013. Amnesty records figures on the use of the death penalty based on the best available information. The report says, the year…
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Interview with Michael Rubin: Middle East Political Chaos and the Kurdish Question
Michael Rubin is a former Pentagon official whose major research areas are the Middle East, Turkey, Iran and diplomacy. Rubin instructs senior military officers deploying to the Middle East and Afghanistan on regional politics, and teaches classes regarding Iran, terrorism, and Arab politics on board deploying U.S. aircraft carriers. Rubin has lived in post-revolution Iran,…
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2 Kurdish citizens are summoned to the intelligence office
HRANA — Seyed Welayet Huseyni and Kawus Abdollah Zade, two Kurdish inhabitants of Selmas (Salmas) were summoned to intelligence service office and threatened. According to the report of HRANA reporters, Seyed Welayet Huseyni, the Kurdish inhabitant of Ashnak village and Kawus Abdollah Zade, son of Abdollah, the Kurdish inhabitant of Brushxaran village of Selmas territory,…
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Despite the obstacles of Iranian Regime, Newroz 2714 celebrated in Rojhelat
Newroz (Kurdish New Year) is considered one of the oldest traditions in the Kurds history. Every year the Kurds (in four sectors occupied by the nation-state of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey) celebrate the ancient Newroz by lighting fires over the mountains on 21th of March. Newroz for Kurds is a symbol of peace and…
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Imminent execution of two Ahwazi Arab political prisoners
— By Rahim Hamid Urgent news: Concern is growing over the fate of two Ahwazi Arab death row prisoners by the name of Ali Chibashat and Yasin Mousavi who were transferred from Dezful Prison to an undisclosed location and there is real fear of their imminent execution. The two prisoners were convicted of enmity with…
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Abdullah Öcalan: The test ended, it’s time for negotiation
Kurdish People’s Leader, Abdullah Öcalan saluted the people of Kurdistan and Turkey as well as all of the people of the Middle East in this which is the New Year Day… Abdullah Öcalan said: To all those friends whose heart is ablaze with the fire of Newroz for peace and freedom! Merhaba! I greet our…
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Happy Newroz from the FARC-EP Peace Delegation in Havana
The peace delegation of Colombian guerrillas, the FARC-EP currently in Havana when negotiations with the Colombian government are taking place, has sent a message to the Kurdish people celebrating Newroz. The peace negotiations in Havana have been going on for over a year now in the Cuban capital. Progress is slow, but the FARC are…
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In Payame Noor University in Meriwan a memorial was held in memory of Helebce
Every other year students of Payame Noor University (PNU) in Mariwan held a memorial in memory of the gas attacks on Helebce (Halabja) according to Firat News Agency. On the 13th of March a morning seminar was held on behalf of the memory of Helebce in the University. The seminar was started with a minute…
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Young Kolber Was Shot Died by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
A 29 year old Kurdish Kolber Omer Kerimi from the village of Dezli in Meriwan city was shot died by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRG) on 16th of March 2014. Kerimi was married a year ago and he is one of the thousands Kurdish Kolbers whom have beem massacred by the IRG across Kurdish region boarders with…
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Öcalan vs. Turkey decision: A bad day for human rights in Europe
Statement of International Initiative on the ECtHR decision in Öcalan vs. Turkey (No. 2) The European Court of Human Rights today published its chamber decision in a set of applications by Abdullah Öcalan against Turkey. The complaints referred, among others, to the isolation conditions on Imrali Island, the aggravated life sentence with no possibility of…
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More attempts to destroy the Arabic heritage of Ahwaz by Iranian Regime
By: Rahim Hamid On Monday 17th March, the Ahwazi human rights activists have been informed by the local Ahwazi sources inside Ahwaz that the Iran occupied forces bulldozed and demolished one of the most important Arabic historical monuments known by the name of “Saray Ajam” in Ahwaz capital as an aim to eradicate the historical…
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Holding a poetry slam in support of Rojava gains in Sine
With the coming of the Kurdish national historical anniversaries, Kurds in Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan) hold ceremonies and conferences to commemorate historical and national events of Kurdistan. A few days ago University of Sine held a poetry night with the participation of several Kurdish poets. According to Firat News Agency, on Sunday citizens and students of…
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Threat still exists: 26 Anniversary of Chemical Bombardment of Helebce
Paradigm shift in Middle Eastern social and political structure at the beginning of the last century had significant impact on all the nations in the region, particularly Kurds, whom were deprived of their right to self-governing under the rules of Lausanne Treaty 1923. Ever since Kurds have been in uninterrupted struggle against the rigid rules…
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KCK: Kurds will never forget the massacres of Helebce, Dersim and Zilan
The co-presidency of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) has released a statement condemning vehemently the inhumane massacre of thousands of Kurds in Helebce (Halabja), a city in South Kurdistan (Başur), 26 years ago, on the 16th of March 1988. What the fascist Saddam regime tried on Helebce was just another instance of Hitler’s fascism and the…