Category: Article
Siamand Moeini needs to accept responsibility for the crimes and wrongdoings of PJAK / Part One
As observed by the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, on Monday night, November 24, 2021, Mr. Siamand Moeini, the head of the PJAK armed and militant group (a branch of the PKK terrorist group), who has been working against the Islamic Republic from the heart of Europe (Stockholm, Sweden), while himself avoiding the dangers of […]
Lost in PJAK: Idris Faraji (part 5)
In a special note to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, a former PJAK member examines the forced disappearance and death of Iranian Kurdish teenagers in the PJAK / PKK terrorist group, and provides the watchdog with specific information about them. It is worth mentioning that all this information has been obtained from the official […]
High suicide rate in Iran’s border and Kurdish areas; due to unemployment
In an infographic, Etemad newspaper has analyzed the suicide statistics in Iran. “Surveys show that the suicide rate in Iran is lower than the global average, and that it is more common in the western provinces of Iran, such as Ilam, Lorestan and Kermanshah,” the newspaper wrote. “Provinces that also have high unemployment rates.” The […]
Report: YPG/PKK use car bombs to continue destabilization of Syria
The PKK terrorist group’s Syrian affiliate, the YPG, intends to create “chaos and disorder” with bomb attacks mostly against civilians in northern Syria, an Ankara-based policy think-tank report said. Turkey’s Ankara-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) published the report titled “The Logic of YPG Car Bomb Attacks in Syria – A Strategy […]
Fardin Salehi; Victim of PJAK’s forced disappearance policy
Fardin Salehi’s father, who has been the victim of a policy of forced disappearances in PJAK, said in an interview with Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch that he had visited Iraq and the village of Behnavian twice since his son left, but that PJAK forces did not allow him to visit his son. For this […]
PKK showcases child soldiers killed in action
The PKK has announced the death of 4 other Kurdish children who were attacked by a Turkish soldier in the mountains of North Iraq. HPG, the armed wing of the PKK, has announced the identities of 4 of its guerrillas who lost their lives in an attack by the Turkish army on chemical weapons in […]
Duvar English: Erdoğan ended resolution process just 10 days before planned PKK disarmament, says Demirtaş
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was going to give up its armed struggle 10 days after the signing of the Dolmahbaçe Declaration on Feb. 28, 2015, but President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “did not allow this.” “Let Turkish society be assured that it […]
Deadly racist attack on Kurdish family in Konya: Three defendants released
The investigation into the deadly attack that claimed the lives of seven people from the Dedeoğulları family in Konya’s Meram has been completed by the Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Mehmet Altun (33), who carried out the racist attack on the Kurdish family, has been indicted for “wilful killing of seven people with monstrous feeling”. […]
PKK struggles to stay on its feet; draws from PJAK’s pool of fighters
Written by Hedwig Kuijpers exclusively for SouthFront The last three years have proven to be difficult years for the PKK. As Turkey has started operation after operation, increased its permanent military presence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and has managed to expel PKK fighters from several of its camps in North-Iraq. Analysis of data sets concerning PKK […]
How Viable Is The Kurds’ Autonomous Territory In Northeast Syria?
By David Romano, eurasia review. Ilham Ahmed, head of the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been lobbying Moscow and Washington to support Kurdish representation in the long-stalled, UN-backed Syrian peace process. Ahmed, who has visited both capitals in recent weeks, also wants the country’s Kurdish-run region to be exempted from sanctions […]