Kurdistan

Amar Alani, a Kurdish atomic scientist from Qasr Shirnin has been killed by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kermanshah on Saturday, two sources told Avatoday.

Zahra Mohammadi a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher from Sanandaj who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for teaching Kurdish literature reacted to her trial and said that teaching mother tongue is a holy crime. 

Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Thursday opened fire on hundreds of Dervishes who were trying to pass the Bashmakh border gate to attend the funeral of Sheikh Mohammadi Kasnazani in Suleimani.

Mokhtar Khandani, Bilal Amini and Yasin Karimi, three Kurdish environmentalists from the border city of Paveh died as they were attempting to control forest fire in the area.

Clashes erupted early hours on Wednesday between unknown fighters and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGCs) in border areas of Urmia, sources told Avatoday.

Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish political prisoner, was executed reportedly by shooting in Oshnavieh prison on May 11, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) announced.

Tehran and Ankara are simultaneously targeting Kurdish opposition bases in the mountainous border areas of Haji Omaran in the Kurdistan region, local officials told Avatoday on Wednesday.

Fighters of The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian armed group affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, have allegedly killed Soran Akhtar, a resident of Ruaw village in Mariwan, his father told Avatoday.

Clashes among Iranian border guards and an armed group resulted in the death of three Iranian soldiers near the Kurdish city of Sardasht, local sources told Avatoday.

Iranian border guards on Monday killed another Kurdish Kolbar (porters who carry heavy loads on their backs traveling across Iran-Iraq border) from the city of Sardasht, eyewitnesses told Avatoday.