Kurdistan

Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Ilam province banned a children’s book and declared that, “the ants’ cloth must not be a Kurdish one”

Iranian Intelligence agency knows as Etelaat, in a new round of pressure on the founder of Avatoday Ali Jawanmardi, raided the house of his father in Mahabad on Sunday and threatened his mother to death.

The Cooperation Center of Iranian Kurdistan’s Political Parties on Thursday announced their support for Iranian social activists, who asked Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to region in an open letter.

Iran’s new judiciary chief Ebrahim Raesi threatened Kurdish opposition parties from any political activities inside the country, upon his arrival in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj on Thursday.

Iranian Intelligence agency known as Etelaat on Friday arrested Sirus Abbasi, a Kurdish activist from the city of Dehgolan who asked Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to resign in a video published in his Instagram account, said his wife.

Two separate deadly crash erupted on Wednesday between Iranian Revolutionary Guards and unknown gunmen in the northwestern border region with Turkey and Rawansar, Iranian media confirmed the news.

Iranian forces had reportedly crossed into Kurdistan region of Iraq and arrested 11 shepherds and took control over 400 sheep, but they have released them all after Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) called for their freedom.

A massive wildfire continues to rage through Zagros Mountains in Ilam Province, western Iran for about nine days now. It has burning down the flora of the region including oaks and turpentine trees and destroyed wildlife in Iranian Kurdistan.

Shooting in a restaurant in Kurdish capital city of Erbil killed a Turkish diplomat and a civilian and left another civilian wounded, The Kurdistan Region’s security force (Asayish) said in an announcement.

Unknown gunmen shot at least three Turkish diplomats dead in the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil. Local media reported.