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Kurdish Diaspora Calls for a Federal, Pluralistic, and Democratic Syria
2025 , February 16
108 Kurdish Organizations Urge International Support for a Federal System in Syria Over 100 Kurdish organizations in the diaspora have...
Arrest of a Kurdish Cultural Activist in Kermanshah
2025 , February 11
Arrest of a Kurdish Cultural Activist in Kermanshah Sewrat Sohrabi, 36 years old, a Kurdish cultural activist from Javanrud and...
NNRK: Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Plight of the Kurds
2025 , January 27
  On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National Center for Eastern Kurdistan (NNRK) honored Holocaust victims while highlighting the ongoing oppression of the Kurdish people in Iran, Turkey, and Syria. NNRK drew parallels between the systemic repression Kurds face and the...
General Strike Across East Kurdistan Condemns Death Sentence of Kurdish Political Prisoner
2025 , January 22
A widespread general strike swept through cities and villages in East Kurdistan on Wednesday, January 22, as thousands protested the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner. Reports confirmed that in key cities such as Saqiz, Mahabad, Marivan, and...
General Strike in East Kurdistan in Protest Against Execution Sentences
2025 , January 20
Political parties and forces in East Kurdistan, through a joint statement, have called upon the freedom-loving people of Kurdistan to hold a general strike on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. In this statement, they highlighted...
Urgent Appeal for International Intervention in the Case of Pakshan Azizi
2025 , January 14
January 14, 2025 – The East Kurdistan National Centre (NNRK) has issued an urgent appeal to the international community and human rights organizations to intervene in the case of Pakshan Azizi, a Kurdish political...
Confirmation of the death sentence of the political prisoner Azizi in the Supreme Court
2025 , January 11
As the confirmation of the death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi, a political prisoner, has sparked widespread protests from human rights activists, her brother announced that her case has been sent to the...
Iran Arrests 88 Kurdish Citizens in December Amid Widening Crackdown
2025 , January 09
A report from the Hangaw Human Rights Center reveals that Iranian authorities arrested at least 123 citizens in December, with Kurdish citizens making up the majority of those detained. Of the...
Kurds Seek International Force to Secure Syrian Border Amidst Ongoing Turkish Aggression
2025 , January 09
In a recent statement, military officials from the autonomous administration in northeastern Syria, commonly referred to as Rojava, have called on the United States and France to step up efforts...
Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Pakshan Azizi
2025 , January 09
  The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentence for Pakshan Azizi, a political prisoner currently held in Evin Prison. This verdict,...
Integration of rebel armed groups in the new Syrian army
2024 , December 24
Integration of Rebel Groups into the New Syrian Army The new Syrian government announced today that it has reached an agreement with rebel groups for...
East Kurdistan National Center Appeals for International Support for West Kurdistan
2024 , December 12
East Kurdistan National Center Appeals for International Support for West Kurdistan The East Kurdistan National Center (NNR) has formally addressed a...
Has Iran's Ballistic Missile Production Been Temporarily Disrupted?
2024 , December 05
Has Iran's Ballistic Missile Production Been Temporarily Disrupted? 05/12/2024 | Politics Admiral Tony Radakin, Chief of the UK Armed...
Amir Raisian: "The Evidence Against Pakhshan Azizi is Invalid"
2024 , December 05
Amir Raisian: "The Evidence Against Pakhshan Azizi is Invalid" 05/12/2024 - Human Rights Amir Raisian, one of Pakhshan Azizi's lawyers, has stated that the "evidence and...
Netanyahu: Israel Can Now Focus on the “Iranian Threat”
2024 , November 27
Netanyahu: Israel Can Now Focus on the “IranianThreat” 27/11/2024 – Politics Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in his speech that the ceasefire with Hezbollah means Israel can now focus on the "Iranian threat." In his address, Netanyahu praised the...
Iran's Foreign Minister: France, Germany, and the UK’s Proposal is “Unjustified” and “Provocative”
2024 , November 20
Iran's Foreign Minister: France, Germany, and the UK’s Proposal is “Unjustified” and “Provocative” 20/11/2024 News On the eve of the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran's Foreign...
Transferring a Kurdish citizen to prison to serve a 7-year sentence
2024 , November 20
"Amir Baboli", a Kurdish citizen from Mahabad, who was previously sentenced to prison by the Iranian judicial system, was...
Iranian Writers' Association Statement on the Death Penalty
2024 , November 20
The Iranian Writers' Association issued a statement on Monday November 18th, 2024 protesting the death sentences of Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi.  Referring to the bloody repression of October 2019, the statement said, “The Islamic...
Trump to Nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, an Erdogan Ally and Genocide Denier, to Run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
2024 , November 20
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Turkish-American Dr. Mehmet Oz, an outspoken denier of the Armenian Genocide and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, to lead the Centers for Medicare...
The Islamic Republic of Iran has assured in writing that it will not attempt to assassinate Donald Trump.
2024 , November 15
The Islamic Republic of Iran has recently provided the United States with a written assurance that it does not seek to assassinate Donald Trump, the former U.S....