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‘International Children's Peace Prize’ Approves Nomination of Syrian Child

The International Children's Peace Prize approved the nomination of Kurdish-Syrian child Sirin Mazlum Nasan for the year 2022, in recognition for her extraordinary efforts in supporting children amid the ongoing armed conflict in Syria. A total of 170 children in the world have been nominated for the prize. The nomination…

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Iran Charges 1,000 Over Unrest in Tehran

Iran's hardline judiciary will hold public trials of about 1,000 people indicted over unrest in Tehran, a semi-official news agency said on Monday, intensifying efforts to crush weeks of protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. One of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leaders since the 1979…

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Iran's guards chief threatens protesters - 'today is the last day of riots'

Following the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police, Iran erupted into protest - one of the boldest challenged to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution

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Iran’s Guard Warns Protesters as More Unrest Roils Country

Iran's Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to anti-government protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week. Also on Saturday, authorities reported that the gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran…

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Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge after Deadly Attack in Shiraz, Raisi Links Attack to Protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed on Thursday to retaliate against an attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, in which 15 people were killed. The assault is expected to aggravate tensions amid widespread anti-government protests that erupted since the death of…

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Watch: Gunfire heard as protests continue in Mahabad, Iran

Video posted by the Kurdish group The Hengaw Human Rights Organization showed protests on Thursday in the Iranian northwestern city of Mahabad. The protests appeared to be sparked by the death of a man from gunshot wounds overnight. The video shows what the Hengaw Human Rights Organization described as the…

Evening Standard

Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan

"Jin, jiyan, azadi!" — "Woman, life, freedom!" — has become the rallying cry for people in Iran and beyond who are protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody.

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Iranian Authorities Crackdown on Protests Marking 40 Days of Mourning for Amini

Marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in Tehran on Sept. 16 after being detained by Iran’s morality police, Iranians took to the streets nationwide in defiance of strict security measures by authorities. Fierce rallies returned with force to major Iranian cities…

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Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe

Police have detained the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an investigation into allegations that Turkey used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

The Independent UK

Türkiye Detains 11 Journalists Working for Pro-Kurdish Media

Police carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials and reports said.

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Spanish Man Trekking to World Cup Reported Missing in Iran

A Spanish man who was documenting his ambitious journey by foot from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since crossing into Iran three weeks ago, his family said Monday, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest. The…

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Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran

A Spanish man who was documenting his travel by foot from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since crossing into Iran three weeks ago, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest

The Independent UK

The protests in Iran are part of a long history of women's resistance

On Sept. 16, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in Tehran while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Her death set off a massive wave of demonstrations that have spread across the country.

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Exclusive-In letter, Sweden lists 'concrete actions' on Turkey's concerns over NATO bid

Sweden has taken "concrete action" to address Turkey's concerns over its NATO membership bid, including stepping up counter-terrorism efforts against Kurdish militants, Stockholm told Ankara in a letter dated Oct. 6 and seen by Reuters.

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As Iran Faces Pressure, Kurds Start Unifying

For Kurdish Iranian Hawreh Haddadi, the brutality of the Iranian regime is nothing new.

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Türkiye Denies Use of Chemical Weapons Against Kurdish Fighters

Türkiye on Thursday blasted as "completely unfounded and untrue" claims that its military used chemical weapons in its fight against outlawed Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. Media outlets close to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies list as a terror group, claimed that the Turkish…

The Independent UK

Analysis: Iran pushes militarily abroad amid unrest at home

As protests rage at home, Iran’s theocratic government is flexing its military muscle abroad

Reuters

Turkey slams allegations of chemical weapons use in northern Iraq

Turkey's defence ministry and top government officials on Thursday firmly rejected allegations that the Turkish Armed Forces had used chemical weapons in their operations against Kurdish militants.

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Iraq’s New President Calls for Speedy Government Formation

Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government. "The Iraqi people expect a new government to be formed rapidly, and that it be efficient and united," Rashid said on his inauguration at the presidential…

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Putting Kurds in Spotlight, Iran’s Leaders Try to Deflect National Protest

Facing their biggest challenge in years, Iran's religious leaders are trying to portray the angry protests over the death of Mahsa Amini as a breakaway uprising by her fellow Kurds threatening the nation's unity rather than its clerical rule. Amini, a 22-year-old from Kurdistan province in northwest Iran, died in…

Reuters

Factbox-Ethnic groups swept up in Iran's nationwide protests

Protests in Iran have swept all parts of the nation since Mahsa Amini's death in police custody, including areas home to ethnic minorities with long-standing grievances against the state.

Reuters

Putting Kurds in spotlight, Iran's leaders try to deflect national protest

Salon

Her name was Jîna Amini: That matters

A young Kurdish woman made famous in death still has a lesson to teach us: Call her by her name

The Guardian - UK

‘They tried to wipe us out’: Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest

Exiled Kurdish forces in Iraq feel abandoned by west and say they need weapons like in Ukraine

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What’s Next as Iraq Moves to End Deadlock?

Iraqi lawmakers have elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in the hope of ending a year of political gridlock and deadly violence. But major challenges lie ahead for the crisis-hit nation. How will government talks play out? Iraq's parliament, dominated by the pro-Iran Coordination Framework of…

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