Archive for July 2009

Wikinews interview on recent developments in Kurdistan

On July 13, unconfirmed reports began to emerge of a general strike in the four largely-Kurdish provinces in the north-west of Iran which make up Iranian Kurdistan. Videos showed empty, deserted streets and shuttered shops in Mahabad, Saghez and other Kordestani cities. The reports of the strike coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the murder [...]

Updates from Kurdistan – Younis Aqaian executed

According to information from the city of Urmye the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed Younis Aqaian.
Aqarian has spent five years in prison accused of being a source of public unrest. Younis was arrested five years ago in the Kurdish city of Miandoaw after that he and three of his friends clashed with members [...]

Updates from Kurdistan – bomb explodes in Snne

According to reports from the Kurdish city of Snne (Sanandaj), a bomb exploded in front of a Revolutionary Guard office in the street of Feerdosti yesterday afternoon. Three Revolutionary Guard officers were injured.
The regime killed three Kurdish men in Pashmakh, outside of the city of Mariwan yesterday. The names of the men are Hussein, Saman [...]

First videos from Mehabad, Bokan and Mako

Pictures from Kurdish cities of Sardasht, Pawe and Rwanser

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More pictures from different cities in Kurdistan

Pictures from Snne (Sanandaj), Xane (Piranshar), Sardasht, Naghede and Mahabad

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Basijs and the Kurdish people

Picture from the Kurdish City of Mako (taken today)
The Revolutionary Guard and the Basij are attempting to stop people from taking to the streets in the different Kurdish cities in Iranian Kurdistan. We are getting regular reports from different cities stating that the Basij and the Revolutionary Guard are blocking entrances to the city centers [...]

Pictures: Strike in the kurdish city of Saqez

Pictures: Strike in the kurdish city of Urmye