Tag Archives: Kurdistan
Aria Salehi’s Account of Membership and Abuse in the PDKI
Aria Salehi: I was only 15 years old when I joined this party, clearly underage According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch in Sardasht, one of the recruitment platforms for Kurdish armed parties is cyberspace. This platform is attractive to these parties because: firstly, it is accessible to a large segment of young people […]
The narrative of Saman Sobhani about a prison named PAK
Saman Sobhani, born on 20/1/1994 in Sanandaj, was a former member of the armed group PAK, who left Iran and joined this group due to poverty and lack of suitable and sufficient employment. According to IKHRW from Sanandaj, poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to basic healthcare, force many young Kurds in Iran to resort […]
Truth in the Heart of Darkness: Ejin’s Mother in Search of Her Kidnapped Daughter
A report of a mother’s search to get family’s only daughter, Ejin back, from PAK. Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch recently conducted an interview with the mother of a girl named Ejin Amini, joined the Kurdistan Liberation Armed Group at 14. This shows that child soldiers and its effects in the local communities of Iranian […]
Using children as armed guards in the Kurdistan Freedom Party group (PAK)
The interesting thing about Kurdistan Freedom Group is the very small number of its members. Teenage girls were lured and probably joined with promises of work, money and even immigration and education in Europe and finally they were in these armed groups. While use of children as armed members in governmental and non-governmental military groups […]
The story of the membership of Mehdi Khasi in the Kurdistan Liberation Armed Group (PAK)
The political and social situation of Iranian Kurdistan and its influence on the decisions of young people: “Case study of Mehdi Khasi.” Introduction: In this report, the political and social situation of Iranian Kurdistan and membership of Mahdi Khasi in the Kurdistan Liberation Armed Group is studied. This report is based on an interview with […]
Promoting murder and terror by the PKK/PJAK news agency
The media organ of the armed and militant group PKK/PJAK (Firat) is known as a notorious media arm in Kurdish communities that is responsible for propaganda against the opponents of PKK’s armed and ineffective approach. In fact, from the point of view of this pseudo-media, anyone and any group who is against the PKK and […]
Former member of PAK armed group: All promises of armed groups are false
Purpose of PAK was showing fake and false power and creating the illusion of power and effectiveness in us! According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, one of the most important reasons for the deception of Iranian Kurdish youth and teenagers and joining armed and militant groups and being imprisoned in the mafia structure […]
The right to the environment
The right to the environment and the necessity of the Iranian government attention to the environment in Kurdistan province. “In the Islamic Republic, the protection of the environment, in which today and future generations should have a growing social life, is considered a public duty. Therefore, economic activities and other activities related to environmental […]
The need for urgent humanitarian action in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
During the last four decades, opposing Kurdish parties of Iran have bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which, in addition to political activities, have also launched military and armed branches and have had conflicts in the border areas of Iran. Regardless of the political issues and tensions that exist in this area, the Iranian […]
The challenge of the presence of militant and paramilitary groups inside and along Iran’s borders
The Minister of Interior of Turkey has claimed that currently mountainous areas around Mako in Iran, next to Qandil Mountain, are important safe zones for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its military wing, the so-called People’s Defense Forces (HPG). what Turkey’s goals are for raising this issue is not up for debate, although in […]