Authorities in Iran have launched an ‘intensified crackdown’ on the human rights of women and girls, activists say ...

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian intelligence forces arrested four women from Kurdistan province following their attendance at an International Women's Day event in Sanandaj days prior ...

Tehran began using aerial drone surveillance and a new facial recognition software in April 2024 to monitor hijab compliance ...

January 10, 2013 – (FRANCE) Three Kurdish women are found shot dead in Paris, one of whom was a founding member of the PKK. March 21, 2013 – (TURKEY) Imprisoned PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan ...