Iran overturns death sentence of Kurdish prisoner Varisheh Moradi: Lawyer

Moradi was sentenced to death in 2024 on charges of “armed insurrection” for allegedly being a member of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK).

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Kurdish reporter ‘Rasuka’ detained in Iran while covering cultural festival

Rasuka entered Iran on November 27 to cover the Halparke (Kurdish folk dance) Festival, receiving a warm welcome from locals, as he is widely known and admired by Kurds, especially in Rojhelat. He was arrested along with four coworkers on Wednesday.

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Iran boosts military with Kurdish-region drill, southern naval expansion

On Saturday, Iran unveiled the induction of two naval bases, “Kordestan” and the destroyer “Sahand,” in Bandar Abbas, a major port city in southern Iran on the Strait of Hormuz. 

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One kolbar killed, two injured by Iranian border guards

In September, Iran's parliament approved a bill legalizing kolbari for five years as part of efforts to formalize informal trade and create stable employment for border residents, the state-owned IRNA news agency reported.

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Iran dismisses school principal over students' Kurdish anthem performance

Zeytoun Kahzadi, the principal of Ferdowsi Elementary Girls' School in Iran's Kermanshah province, was "summoned by the security forces and dismissed from her position due to the performance of the revolutionary anthem ‘Řêy Xebat' by a group of students," according to the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights Organization.

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Locals in Kurdish village of Iran harvest this year’s grapes

Photos by Awder Mohammed

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IRGC vows retaliation for deadly Kurdistan province clashes

“We warn the mercenaries and hireling counter-revolutionaries that this crime will not go unanswered,” the IRGC’s Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada command center, responsible for parts of Iran’s western Kurdish areas, said in a statement. 

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Clash in Iran's Kurdistan province kills two IRGC members

Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and three others injured in western Iran’s (Rojhelat) Kurdistan province, with responsibility for the attack yet to be claimed by any party.

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