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Double chronicle of Iranian women’s revolution following the custody death of Mahsa Jina Amini in For the Sun After Long Nights

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In the Kurdish language, the name “Jina” means life. But on September 16, 2022, the name forever became associated with death – after news broke that Mahsa Jina Amini had been murdered.Kurds · Sanandaj Read Article

UNPO and KMMK-G Celebrate release of Iranian Kurdish Human Rights Defender Jina Modares Gorji

On 22 September, Iranian Kurdish Human Rights Defender, Jina Modares Gorji was released from prison. She had been arbitrarily detained and sentenced to an unjustifiably severe sentence in May 2024. Gorji’s release follows a joint submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) by UNPO and Kurdistan Human Rights Association Geneva (KMMK-G) in September 2024. This submission led to the WGAD’s subsequent opinion in July…Sanandaj · Sanandaj Read Article

Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year

Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end to securitized schooling, recognition of union rights, and freedom for imprisoned educators. Over the past 12 months, Iran’s teachers’ movement has been one of the country’s most persistent labor and civic mobilizations. Despite heavy securitization, teachers continued to protest fo…Sanandaj · Sanandaj Read Article

Hamid Moradi, died on July 25th after battling a forest fire in Iranian Kurdistan, aged 36

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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. When flames overtook the hillsides above the Zagros and Hassanabad neighborhoods in the Abidar highlands of Iranian Kurdistan, there was no formal emergency response team. No firebreaks. No protective gear. Only a handful of local environmentalists—among them Hamid […]Environment · Sanandaj See the Story

Iran’s Kordestan Declares Two Days Of Public Mourning After Deaths Of Environmental Volunteers - Iran Front Page

The governor of Iran’s western Kordestan province, Arash Zereh Tan Lahouni, has declared two days of public mourning following the tragic deaths of three environmental activists who lost their lives while battling a wildfire on Mount Abidar, near Sanandaj.Wildfires · Sanandaj Read Article

News about Sanandaj

News about Sanandaj

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Double chronicle of Iranian women’s revolution following the custody death of Mahsa Jina Amini in For the Sun After Long Nights

UNPO and KMMK-G Celebrate release of Iranian Kurdish Human Rights Defender Jina Modares Gorji

Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year

Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh Executed

Continued Detention of Six Teenagers in Sanandaj

A Prisoner Executed in Sanandaj Prison

Crackdown in Iran Targets Women, Labor, and Ethnic Minority Activists

Hamid Moradi, died on July 25th after battling a forest fire in Iranian Kurdistan, aged 36

Iran’s Kordestan Declares Two Days Of Public Mourning After Deaths Of Environmental Volunteers - Iran Front Page

Local News Publishers

Double chronicle of Iranian women’s revolution following the custody death of Mahsa Jina Amini in For the Sun After Long Nights

UNPO and KMMK-G Celebrate release of Iranian Kurdish Human Rights Defender Jina Modares Gorji

Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year

Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh Executed

Continued Detention of Six Teenagers in Sanandaj

A Prisoner Executed in Sanandaj Prison

Crackdown in Iran Targets Women, Labor, and Ethnic Minority Activists

Hamid Moradi, died on July 25th after battling a forest fire in Iranian Kurdistan, aged 36

Iran’s Kordestan Declares Two Days Of Public Mourning After Deaths Of Environmental Volunteers - Iran Front Page