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Kurdish Parties Call for International Support
2026 , January 04
Amid the expansion of popular protests across Iran and an intensification of security crackdowns, three political parties from Eastern Kurdistan have...
Four East Kurdistan Parties Voice Support for Nationwide Protests in Iran
2026 , January 02
Four political parties from East Kurdistan have issued separate statements expressing support for ongoing nationwide protests and strikes by merchants and citizens across Iran. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan said soaring inflation, rising prices, and worsening living conditions have...
Abdolhamid: Economic Hardship Driving Protests Across Iran
2026 , January 01
Amid a growing wave of nationwide strikes and protests in cities across Iran, Molana Abdolhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, has stated that recent unrest is rooted in severe living...
UN Rapporteur: 2025 a Dark Year for Human Rights in Iran
2026 , January 01
At the end of 2025, Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, released a written assessment revealing an unprecedented rise in executions and an intensification of political and civil repression by the Islamic Republic. Sato...
At Least Four Kurdish Citizens Arrested During Protests in Asadabad
2026 , January 01
Amid the continuation of protests by shopkeepers and citizens in several cities, at least four Kurdish citizens were arrested on Tuesday evening, December 30, 2025 (9 Dey 1404), during a protest gathering in Asadabad. According to a report by the Hengaw Human...
Two Kurdish Citizens Arrested in Saqqez
2026 , January 01
  Two Kurdish citizens from Saqqez, identified as Mostafa Mesri and Hamed Nabati, have been arrested by intelligence forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an unknown location. According to an informed source, the arrests took...
Nationwide Protests Over Rising Prices Expand as Federal Congress of the Nationalities of Iran Voices Support
2025 , December 30
Protests against the sharp rise in the U.S. dollar exchange rate and the deteriorating cost of living, which began on Sunday, December 28, 2025 (7 Dey 1404), with demonstrations by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, have...
Kurdish National Centre Hails Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland as a “Blueprint” for Statehood
2025 , December 28
 The National Centre of East Kurdistan (NNRK) has issued a landmark declaration following Israel’s...
Screening of the Short Film Leyla, the Latest Work by Kurdish Filmmaker Zagros Manouchehri, Opens in Helsinki
2025 , November 28
The screening of the short film Leyla, directed by Kurdish filmmaker Zagros Manouchehri, has opened in Helsinki and has already drawn attention from viewers and the artistic community. This kaleidoscopic short film portrays the life of a Kurdish woman from Rojava who,...
Groundbreaking Volume on Kurdish Genocides Published by Palgrave Macmillan
2025 , October 27
 In a historic step toward documenting the suffering and resilience of the Kurdish people,...
Maral Still Has a Father—But Justice Is Nowhere to Be Found
2025 , July 23
Maral Still Has a Father—But Justice Is Nowhere to Be Found A human story of a case that could cost a father his life and a child her...
Three Death Sentences—Just for Wanting to Live?
2025 , July 07
  – Human Rights In today’s Iran, justice is neither found in courtrooms nor spoken by judges, nor is it upheld by the law. What happened in Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Urmia, presided over by Judge Reza Najafzadeh, was not a trial...
A Look at the Impact of Female Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on the World
2025 , July 06
A Look at the Impact of Female Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on the World F-RASU Introduction In a world long defined by war, discrimination, injustice, and inequality, peace...
Are Turkey and Israel Headed Toward War
2025 , July 05
Are Turkey and Israel Headed Toward War? Financial Times Analysis of Escalating Tensions in the Middle East 🔻 For decades, the United States...
Repression Policy Using Migrants as Tools
2025 , July 04
Repression Policy Using Migrants as Tools F-RASU   From Fatemiyoun to Forced Deportations: How the Islamic Republic Victimizes Afghan Migrants Following the recent military tensions...
Increased Security Pressure on Two Kurdish Journalists
2025 , June 30
Increased Security Pressure on Two Kurdish Journalists Kurdish human rights journalists under threat: Himan Bayazidpour and Fayegh Rasouli receive death threats June 30, 2025 –...
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities
2025 , June 29
Continued Crackdown in Kurdish Cities Five Citizens Arrested in Mariwan by Iranian Security Forces Amid escalating security pressures in Iran's Kurdish regions, five...
Iranian Journalists and Activists Under Threat from the Islamic Republic
2025 , June 26
Iranian Journalists and Activists Under Threat from the Islamic Republic Voices in Exile: Iranian Journalists and Activists in Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey...
The 12-Day War Between Iran and Israel: A Calculated Battle Toward Power Engineering
2025 , June 25
The 12-Day War Between Iran and Israel: A Calculated Battle Toward Power Engineering By Shoresh Mohi In the early days of June 2025, Iran and Israel entered into an official...
Iran Is Taking Revenge for Its Defeats by Israel by Repressing the Kurdish People
2025 , June 25
Statement and Urgent Appeal to the International Community The Islamic Republic of Iran Is Taking Revenge for Its Defeats by Israel by Repressing the Kurdish People Following the...