In a joint statement four Kurdish political parties from Iranian Kurdistan condemned the closing down of the DTP by a Turkish court.
In the statement, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Komala Party – Iranian Kurdistan, Kurdistan Freedom Party and the Organization of Iranian Kurdistan’s Struggle, expresses grave concern about the closing down of the DTP [...]
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Muhammad Sahimi has written a grasping article about the history of political assassinations in Iran. He writes that
”The history of political assassinations in Iran is almost as old as the nation itself […] In fact, the root of the very word “assassin” is generally attributed to Hassan Sabbah …”
In the article Sahimi touches on a [...]
Members of our party’s underground cells have spread leaflets and posters all over Iranian Kurdistan before the Kurdistan Peshmerga Day. Below you can watch some short video clips and some pictures.
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A Kurdish worker by the name of Rahim Marofi was shot dead by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard two days ago in the village of Benewkhlef, which is located outside the Kurdish city of Sardasht.
Marofi leaves behind him a wife and three children.
Iran’s different security agencies have arrested or abducted at least 16 Kurdish students just before, during or after the Student Day demonstrations on the 7th of December.
A couple of days ago a Kurdish student by the name of Foad Shems was arrested outside the Department of Geography at Tehran University, which makes him the [...]
A 22-year-old Kurdish man lost his leg after that he stepped on a landmine three days ago in the village of Goek Tepe, which is located outside the city of Mehabad.
In a separate incident a Kurdish man by the name of Rahman Sofisalehi also lost his leg after that he stepped on [...]
A Turkish Constitutional Court voted unanimously to ban the Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). The ruling comes despite a warning from the European Union that outlawing the DTP would violate Kurdish rights.
The ruling will only bring about more tension between the Kurdish people and the Turkish state; a natural response will be that the Kurdish [...]
According to several Iranian online newspapers a group of Iran’s Air Force and Ground Force officers have issued a statement in which they warn the Revolutionary Guard not to interfere in politics and not to abuse the people of Iran. (click here to read the original statment in Farsi)
In the statement the officers write that [...]
A Kurdish activist by the name of Mohamed Azizi was sentenced to six years in prison by a revolutionary court in Saghez on charges of being a member in a Kurdish political party.
Aziz, who was arrested 11 months ago, was not provided with an attorney during the trail. It is worth noting that this is [...]
