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Kurdish music band ‘Dayrak Xatun’ has been banned from performing live at the ‘International Festival of Tribal Music’, which is held between 19 to 22 January in Kermansha. The band was scheduled to perform on 21 January, but the Iranian authorities have simply banned it. on the pretext of the presence of women members in…

Kurdish political parties and organisations commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Republic of Kurdistan across the Kurdish regions in the Middle East and Europe today. Declared in Mahabad in the Kurdish region of Iran -called Eastern Kurdistan by Kurds- on 22 January 1946, the republic was led by jurist Qazi Mihemmed (Mohammad – pictured), whose…

A community of millions who follow the belief of Yari, their existence have been denied by the Iranian regime and the classic Kurdish movements, over the past few years they have been more active to achieve their national and cultural rights. The Yarsans (Yaris or Yarsans, people who follow Yari belief) in different periods of…

Kurdish political prisoner on hunger strike Saeed Shirzad was transferred to a prison infirmary and then to a hospital outside his prison following a sudden drop in his blood pressure on 12 January. Another Kurdish political prisoner, Foad Yousefi, detained in Rajaei Shahr prison (Karaj), is also on hunger strike. Zeynab Sakanvand Lakran, a Kurdish…

According to local sources, on Monday 12 January evening, five Kolbers, from the Temerçîn village of Piranshar got wounded in an attack by Iranian border guards. Kolbers with the name Ismail Ibrahim Afshar, Jaffar Rahman, Behnam Şoreş Ahmad, Hamza Atashbarg, and Hasel Taha wounded and hospitalized in one of the hospital in the city of…

Gunmen from the military wing of the Arab movement in Ahwaz in Iran targeted the main regional military base for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Ghizaniya region on Monday as senior IRGC officers met there to discuss the security details for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani scheduled for the…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Ms. Asma Jahangir, today raised alarm over the critical health situation of several prisoners of conscience on prolonged hunger strike in the country. In recent weeks, at least eight prisoners of conscience have been on life threatening hunger strike in Iran to contest…

The situation of three political prisoners Saeed Shirzad, Hassan Rastegar and Kamal Hassan Ramazan on a hunger strike in various prisons in Iran All three political prisoners are on hunger strike in the prisons of Karaj, Ûrmiye Central Prison and Detention Center Ûrmiye. KHRN reported the situation of Hassan Rastegar is critical. According to Kurdistan…

Arash Sadeghi went on hunger strike for 72 days to protest the illegal imprisonment of his wife Golrokh Iraee. Due to the husband’s protest and continued hunger strike, Golrokh Iraee has finally been released from Evin prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on 3rd of January 2017,…

2016 witnessed a high level of resistance and struggle by the Kurdish people and the guerrillas of HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops). Speaking to ANF, HPG and YJA Star guerrillas stated that the Turkish state has been defeated by the Kurdish people and Kurdish Freedom Movement despite all its intensified…

The wave of violence and terror in the Middle East and particularly in Kurdistan, to suppress, to put pressure on the will of the people and their freedom in the region, especially the pressure is increased in all parts of Kurdistan. Wave of terror that engulfed the region, a danger alarm for all freedom seekers…

The sabotage and terrorist attack on headquarters of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP-Iran) results in several martyrs and wounds, leads all the people of Kurdistan to deep grief and made all of us upset. We condemn this inhumane attack and we offer our deepest condolences to the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP-Iran), families of…

At evening of 20th December, in headquarters of Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP-Iran) in Koye two fearsome explosions occurred. According to the local sources as a result of two continues explosions in KDP-Iran’s headquarter six Peshmerga lost their lives and twelve wounded. In this event one of the Koye’s police member also lost his life.…

A New international battalion, Antifascist Internationalist Tabur, formed in Rojava. AIT published a statement in their twitter account (@AntifaTabur). From Rojava to the world. Today a group of fellow anti-fascists, internationalists, anarchists, communists, socialists and libertarians appeals to support the revolution of Rojava and so joining struggle of the oppressed. We come from the shadow…

Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) announced its support on KCK’s call for holding the Kurdish National Congress. The call for holding Kurdish National Congress by Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) was welcomed by parties across all parts of Kurdistan. co-chairs of PJAK released a statement and emphasized on the need to hold the congress as…

Shirzad Kamangar (PJAK Representative Overseas) Al-Bab is no more a tiny city of little importance. It has turned into an international issue with the potential not only to transform its destiny but also that of the region, impacting the whole range of international approaches. Bab can become a conduit for the transit of natural sources…

As preparations for the demonstration to say “end killing border traders” continue in Eastern Kurdistan’s Merîwan, the Iranian regime declared a curfew in the city. Human rights organizations in Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) wanted to hold a demonstration in front of the Merîwan Governorate against the killing of people dealing with border trade. The Iranian regime…

The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-leadership has stated the following in a statement regarding the recent developments in Kurdistan territory and the stance Kurds need to adopt: “The World War I in the first quarter of the 20th century has divided Kurdistan into four parts. In all four parts, starting from Turkey, Kurds…

In an interview with London Keyhan, the Co-chair of PJAK Zîlan Vejîn announced: In current sensitive situation, creating democratic front for Iranian people is our priority. Please find a segment of the interview with Zîlan Vejîn below: Co-chair of PJAK (Free Life Party of Kurdistan) noted effective combat against Islamic Republic of Iran requires unity…

Mostafa Ali Ahmad, a Kurdish political prisoner from Kobane (in Syrian Kurdistan region also known as Rojava), was transferred on 23 November to a detention centre reserved for foreigners at the central prison of Ûrmiye in Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan), where he served a jail sentence of 11 years and 6 months. Sources who spoke to…