According to reports received by Awatoday, Melika Shahmoradi, a 16-year-old Kurdish teenager from Kerend-e Gharb, in Kermanshah Province (Iranian Kurdistan), was killed on Thursday, January 8, 2026, during popular protests in the Shahrak-e Moallem neighborhood of Kerman

According to reports received by Avatoday, Soran Feyzi-Zadeh, a detained Kurdish citizen, has died under torture at the hands of Iranian security institutions.

According to reports received by Avatoday, protesters in Paveh County, in Kermanshah Province in Iranian Kurdistan, took to the streets on Friday, 9 January 2026, one day after the nationwide general strike across Kurdistan.

Amir Mobarez Parastar, head of the Munich Eye Center, said in an interview with an Iranian media outlet that, based on precise information provided to him, more than 6,000 people with eye injuries have visited Noor Eye Clinic in Tehran over the past few days.

According to the latest reports received by Avatoday, following the nationwide Kurdistan general strike on Friday, January 8, 2026, residents of Ilam and other cities across the province took to the streets, launching widespread protests on Friday as well as Saturday and Sunday

A former Iraqi official has confirmed the involvement of armed groups affiliated with Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in the suppression of peaceful protests in Iran, describing these actions as “crimes against humanity.” At the same time, an Iranian media outlet r

According to reports received by AvaToday, from the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026, until Saturday, widespread protests took place in the city of Ilam, one of the cities of Iranian Kurdistan.

According to published reports and eyewitness testimonies, wounded protesters in various cities across Kurdistan and Iran have been subjected to execution-style killings by the military-terrorist forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to reports received by AvaToday, Saman Nazari, a Kurdish citizen from the city of Kermanshah and a resident of the Dareh-Derij neighborhood, was killed on the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026, while participating in protests against the dictatorship of the Islamic R

According to reports received by AvaToday, on the evening of Thursday, 8 January 2026, following the nationwide Kurdistan general strike, residents of the city of Abdanan took to the streets and chanted slogans against the terrorist regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran.