Category: News

According to Firat News Agency (ANF), Supreme Court which is the highest court in Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced 21 years old man to death in charges of “Sabb Al-Nabi” which means insulting the Prophet of Islam. Sina Dehghan is currently 21 years old. Two years ago Sina was arrested for criticizing religion on…

On 20th March during Newroz eve, while Kurdish people were trying to gather for a Newroz celebration, an attack took place by Iranian security forces, leading to clashes between civilians and the police force. Few days prior to Newroz,  the celebration of Newroz was to be banned in many Rojhelat cities including Merîwan, which is…

Despite all bans and pressures from the Iranian regime, people of Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) welcomed Newroz and the Kurdish new year with massive celebrations along the country sides of Rojhelat. Here are some videos of Rojhelat’s Newroz celebration.   Hewraman Remekî, Dalahoo Mountains Tengî Ser, Sine Suburb Şino, Ûrmiye Province Mehabad Merîwan Sine Seqiz Qelawarî…

A group of Kurdish activists, named themselves APOist Women and Youth, lit Newroz fire in Tehran. APOist Women and Youth declared a message and stated: “We congratulate Kurdish leader “Rêber APO” (Abdullah Öcalan), the people of Rojhelat as well as the people of Iran and everybody else celebrating this day of Newroz and Kurdish new…

Firat Amargî ─ It appears that Turkey has seemingly called for Iran to smooth down their intensified relationship. In the past two weeks, after a long and furious dispute, Turkey tricks to invite Iran into cooperation and alliance. Apparently, the recent developments in Bab and military confrontation between Turkey and Syrian were the main reasons…

Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK Executive Committee issued a written statement on Newroz. In its statement, the PKK said “We are in a new Newroz; our day of unity, resistance and freedom. As the movement and the people, we celebrate this Newroz with the determination of the motto “We will prevail.” We are closer to freedom…

More than two million Kurmanci Kurds living in  Xorasan of Iran, are being repressed due to their cultural identity. Kurmanci dance is a part of the historical Kurdish culture in Xorasan, yet some citizens in the city of Bojnord have been arrested for dancing Kurdish style dance. The public prosecutor of Bojnord city,  Moslem Mohammad…

The conference “Challenging Capitalist Modernity III: Uncovering Democratic Modernity – Resistance, Rebellion and Building the New” will be held on Hamburg of Germany. This conference will take place on the Easter weekend 14-16 April 2017. Network for an Alternative Quest are organizing the conference. There has been two past conferences “Challenging Capitalist Modernity I: Al-…

Imprisoned HDP female MPs send messages for March 8, International Women’s Day. HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, HDP MPs Besime Konca, Çağlar Demirel, Selma Irmak, Meral Danış Beştaş and Gülser Yıldırım sent their messages from prisons on International Women’s Day. Imprisoned HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) female MPs send messages for March 8, International Women’s Day. HDP…

In Sine  a city of the Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan), women celebrated March 8, International Women’s Day and said, “We also say ‘NO’ to Erdoğan’s dictatorship.” Women from Sine gathered for March 8, International Women’s Day and issued a press statement. Noting that the Kurdish people live under the oppression of colonialists, the women said, “Male-dominant…

To the Phoenixes of My Country 1 By Farzad Kamangar 2 Hello, my precious, today is Women’s Day, the day that I always long for. On this day, instead of your kind hands, my thoughts are decorated with a narcissus flower more chaotic than your tresses. It has been two years since I have seen…

Saturday, March 4,  Kurdish women gathered in Stockholm to inaugurate the new organization called RONAK, which stands for Rojhelat Womens National Association in Sweden. RONAK members held their very first Congress and the main subject was women’s situation in eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) and in Iran, but above all, how the problems should be solved and…

Religious extremists have continued to attack solo female artists in Kermashan (Kirmaşan) as the head of Qom Seminary Teachers Society (QSTS) has been demanding more restraints on “such unlawful acts” in a public letter to local governor. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that on 29 January of this year at the conference of of…

On Saturday, February 25 jailed Kurdish documentary filmmaker Keywan Karimi was attacked and beaten by inmates at Evin Prison. According to a report by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Karimi’s attackers were inmates serving time for crimes not connected to political offenses or violations of national security. Karimi is a political prisoner because…

Women’s Defense Units-YPJ fighter Zenobia Viyan who has been taking part in the war in Aleppo ongoing for 6 years spoke to ANF. Viyan stated that there has been a great display of resistance despite the strict embargo and siege in Aleppo for 6 years and that women have been right at the center of…

Denmark’s ambassador to Iran has been summoned by the foreign ministry in Tehran after at least six people broke into its diplomatic mission in Copenhagen, taking down the Islamic Republic’s flag and putting up offensive placards. “Following four anti-revolutionary elements’ attack on our country’s embassy in Copenhagen on the current day [Thursday], the ministry’s director…

Feleknas Uca, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Amed (Diyarbakir) in Bakur (Turkey’s southeast), has been awarded the 7th Clara Zetkin Woman’s Prize by Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke. Uca will accept the prize in Berlin on 3 March. Die Linke has been granting the prize to politically and socially prominent women as well as…

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) announce the program of Newroz. The newroz celebration will take place in 35 places between March 17 and 21 with the slogan “We’ll definitely win“. The celebration will start in Nisêbîn on March 17 and finalize in Amed and Wan on March 21. This year’s Newroz…