Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking ...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin was arrested in Oct 2022 for protest songs and jailed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison ...

An Iranian court has upheld the death sentence of an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) convicted of armed ...

Under a bilateral extradition agreement, 43 Iranian prisoners have been repatriated from Iraq to serve their remaining ...

Around 18,000 tourists visited the historical and natural sites of Mahabad in western Iran’s Kurdish-majority region ...

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

Located in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s western province of Kurdistan, the Khosrowabad Mansion dates back to the Qajar ...

"We are under extreme pressure from the U.S., with threats of further sanctions or military action. But let me be clear—Iran ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Babak Shakeri, a local Iranian American author, is inviting the community to join in the celebration of Nowruz, the Iranian ...

“I was under that noose for about 15 minutes, I think,” the Iranian-Kurdish rapper told CNN in an exclusive interview, as he recounted being subjected to a mock execution – allegedly at the ...