A popular uprising against the Iranian regime has continued since the heinous murder of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jîna Amini on 16 September 2022. Seven months after this horrific killing outraged the people of East Kurdistan and throughout Iran and brought about a state of revolution, the people of the country remain defiant in the face…
Eastern (Iran)
Dossier, Eastern (Iran)
A Briefing paper on Rojhelat East (Iranian) Kurdistan
The historical background of Rojhelat Kurdistanwasfrstrobbedof itsnationalunity by the Treaty of Qasre Shirin (also known as the Treaty of Zuhab) in 1639. Tis ended a decade and a half of war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire, and divided Kurdistan into two parts. Tis division between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire,…
Eastern (Iran), Press Release
The results of deliberation and counseling sessions related to the Rojhelat “East of Kurdistan”
The Kurdistan National Congress (K.N.K) concluded the Consultative Meeting on the National Unity of East Kurdistan on September 16 and 17, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden, with more than 150 members representing political parties and political groups, civil society organizations and independent figures. On a daily basis, East Kurdistan, as well as the other occupied areas…
Eastern (Iran), Press Release
Resolution of National Symposium for Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) in Sweden
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) invited for a National Symposium dedicated to Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) during the days of April 19-20 2014. Here, a considerable number of parties, public organisations and independent individuals from Rojhilat and other parts of Kurdistan along with a number of Kurdish intellectuals participated the Symposium. During the National Symposium, a…
Eastern (Iran), Press Release
Iran provokes war
Statement 10.05.2012 – On May 9 the death penalty through hanging was carried out against the Kurdish political prisoners Ferzad Kemanger, Eli Heyderiyan, Ferhad Wekili and Sirin Elem Hulu in the torture prison of Evin, not far from the Iranian capital Teheran. We condemn the inhuman and beastly method of murder carried out by the…
Dossier, Eastern (Iran)
Human Rights Violations – Iran
February 2011 – INDEX Introduction *Systematic Execution Policy *Women’s Situation *Bombardment Against Civilian Areas *To the Attention of International Community Human Rights Violations – Iran……