Iran’s January crackdown kills 257 Kurds in Rojhelat: Monitor 

At least 20 children and 19 women are counted among the Kurdish victims, according to the Oslo-based Hengaw Human Rights Organization

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Iran forces families of killed protestors to register as Basij, pay, or blame protesters: Watchdog

Since the blackout, state media have begun airing alleged confession documentaries, including interviews with families of the dead backing up the state’s narratives of the protests, a tactic that rights groups have described and criticized as “forced confessions.”

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Iran hospital attack by security forces draws criticism, Kurdish opposition support

The clashes and the use of force by security forces has been widely condemned by the international community and Western countries.

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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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