By: Rachel Avraham Kurdish leader was assassinated by Iran in 1989 From the beginning of the mullah’s reign of terror, the Kurds along with other minorities in Iran tried to fight for their rights through […]
By: Sturan Stevenson July 14 (UPI) — Ebrahim Raisi, president-elect of Iran following his sham election, is due to take up his office in August. According to the Tehran Times, he may make Scotland his first […]
The election of hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s new president is a dispiriting moment for those in the west striving to revive the nuclear deal. The Iranian electorate is hardly more enthusiastic. Battered by the economic […]
Mr Ayala, Secretary General Socialist International. Dear comrades in the Socialist International Working Group on the Kurdish Question. I would like to start by expressing my joy and gratitude for the opportunity to discuss the […]
By:Dilan Sirwan ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Iran’s ambassador to Iraq has welcomed Baghdad’s efforts to mend regional relations, days after reports of meetings taking place in the Iraqi capital between Saudi Arabia and Iran. “If […]
By: Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor Jailed dual nationals’ families upset over delay, as relatives’ prison terms believed to be linked to arrears A high court hearing designed to resolve the UK’s non-payment of a £400m […]
By:Bethan McKernan, Turkey correspondent Five Iranians are in Turkish detention, the latest in an apparent wave of arrests and deportation orders Iranian dissidents in Turkey are unsure whether the country is still a refuge after what appears […]
By:Karwan Faidhi Dri ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Kurdish former member of Iran’s parliament filed a lawsuit against President Hassan Rouhani this week, accusing him of failing to keep promises he made during the 2013 […]
By: Hadas Gold Jerusalem (CNN)A mask may have been covering his face, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s pleasure was undeniable as Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz complimented the Israeli Prime Minister’s handling of the pandemic and world-leading coronavirus vaccination campaign […]
By: Mouloud Swara The first independent Kurdish republic was in Iranian Kurdistan. The ‘State of Republic of Kurdistan’ was founded in Mahabad in January 1946 and, although it survived for less than a year, it […]