Two Kurdish youths by the names of Hassan Yousfi and Qadir Yousfi was arrested by Iran’s Intelligence Service “Itlaat” a couple of days ago, and both of the young men were sentenced to prison in a speedy trail in the Kurdish city of Shno yesterday.
Hassan Yousfi was sentenced to 10 months in prison and [...]
According to information from Tehran, the fate of the five Kurdish prisoners that were arrested in Tehran is unclear. The Kurdish students protested against the execution of Ehsan Fatahian when they were arrested.
There is no information about the student’s whereabouts and the regime has not officially charged the students with anything. Since the Kurdish students [...]
Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arab countries like Saudi Arabia have feared Iran’s attempts to spread its revolution. Iran does not only challenge Saudi Arabia’s religious position in the Islamic World, but it also challenges Saudi Arabia militarily.
Iran has grown bolder during the last couple of years and, the latest evidence [...]
The Kurdish political prisoner Ali Haidarian has been moved from the notorious Evin prison to an unknown location. Haidarian is one of the 14 Kurdish political prisoners that have been sentenced to death for their affiliation with Kurdish opposition parties.
According to different reports Haidarian have been threatened by officials in the prison, guards have said [...]
Read – The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.
Read – Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran’s continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear [...]
Mohamed El-Baradei said that Iran has not yet given the IAEA any written response in which Iran rejected the 5+1 proposal, and Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. doesn’t consider Mottaki’s rejection as Iran’s “final word”.
It is quite absurd to expect anything else from Iran, they will prolong this Cat and Mouse game as long [...]
Kurdish students at the university of Urmye are currently on a strike to protest against the living conditions at the university dormitories after that a gas tube exploded and killed a Kurdish student by the name of Ehsan Akbari three days ago.
Ehsan Akbari was first injured by the explosion but died later at the hospital [...]
According to information from Mariwan, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard killed a Kurdish man outside the city of Mariwan. The man was according to reports shot dead for attempting to carry gasoline across the border to Iraqi Kurdistan. Every year the Revolutionary Guard kills around 100 Kurds that have no other way of supporting their families except [...]
A young Kurdish man by the name of Hawar Qadri stepped on a land mine yesterday in a village outside the Kurdish city of Sardasht, and was seriously injured. Several Kurdish civilians die or get injured every year by stepping on land mines.
Read Landmine Monitor’s report on mines in Iran
