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False Promises of Fair Pay: Komala’s Deceptive Recruitment of Pishro Mohammadi

Pishro Mohammadi: “After about 45 days, I realized this group had nothing to offer me.” Report from Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch in Marivan: Economic desperation can drive individuals to join groups like Komala. In certain Kurdish regions, unemployment and poverty can push people towards armed factions. These groups often dangle promises of financial security […]

PJAK leader becomes Kobani History Teacher

and other examples of the PKK Shadow Government running ‘Rojava’ The much-praised ‘Rojava’ project in North-East Syria has ridden most of its popularity in the West through their fight against ISIS and their ideology ‘Democratic Confederalism’, that promotes a form of grassroots governing by local people on the ground, structured from neighborhood ‘communes’, to ‘city […]

Sirvan Doreh , has a history of membership in Komala

Sirvan Doreh: The reason of joining was solely poverty, unemployment, and lack of money. According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch from Sanandaj, due to lack of infrastructure development and high rates of poverty and unemployment in Iran’s border areas, especially Kurdish areas of Iran, young people in this region are facing chronic unemployment. […]