On July 24, 2025, a large-scale fire on Mount Abidar in Sanandaj resulted in five civil and environmental activists sustaining severe burn injuries. They were transferred to Kosar Hospital in Sanandaj for medical treatment. Several others…
On Tuesday, July 21, 2025, a Kurdish civilian identified as Latif Yaqoubi, son of Hossein and a resident of Kuzeh-Rash village in the Salmas region, died at a hospital in Urmia as a result of injuries sustained from gunfire by government…
As of July 23, 2025 (2 Mordad 1404), despite 23 days having passed since the arrest of Amin Karimi, known as “Aminu,” a theater artist and actor from Urmia, no precise information is available regarding his whereabouts.
On Wednesday, July 23, 2025 (1 Mordad 1404), a Kurdish citizen named Mohammad Parvazeh, from the village of Ni in Mariwan, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an undisclosed location.
As of July 22, 2025, with 23 days having passed since the arbitrary and violent arrest of Kaveh Rahimi, a 40-year-old Kurdish resident of Bukan, and his transfer to one of the Urmia Intelligence detention centers, there is no information…
Fourteen years ago, on July 23, 2011, after nearly a year of planning, preparation, and continuous behind-the-scenes efforts, “Kurdpa – Kurdistan News Agency” officially began its activities as the first specialized, human rights-focused…
The Assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou and His Colleagues: 36 Years of Austria’s Complicity Through Silence, 36 Years of State Terrorism by the Islamic Republic
On July 13, 1989, in the heart of Europe, three prominent Kurdish political figures—Dr. Abdulrahman Ghassemlou, Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Abdullah Qaderi Azar, and Fazil Rasoul—were assassinated in…
Four days after the secret and rushed execution of three Kurdish political prisoners—Azad Shojaei, Edris Ali, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—at Urmia Central Prison, their bodies have not been returned to their families.
On the morning of Monday, June 24, 2025, three Kurdish political prisoners—Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—were executed in complete secrecy at Urmia Central Prison, without prior notice, without meeting the minimum…
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