My short interview in the detailed and comprehensive report of The Independent

My short interview in the detailed and comprehensive report of The Independent، On the situation of refugees from East Kurdistan in the Kurdistan region, and the threats, obstacles, and challenges they face.I am intimately aware that my friend Winthrop Rodgers and his colleague Lizzie Porter have been working tirelessly on this report for over three months. I hope that this report will bring the plight of the forgotten asylum seekers of East Kurdistan to the international community and concerned parties. ... read more..

The murder of the second Iranian opposition in Iraqi Kurdistan in less than a month

A senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party was killed in Erbil The Kurdistan Democratic Party, one of Iran’s main opposition parties, says a member of its leadership has been killed in Erbil. The Democratic Party said in a statement that Musa Babakhani, a member of the party’s central committee, was abducted by two “Iranian terrorists” in Erbil on Thursday, and that his body was found in a hotel in Erbil on Saturday, August 7. According to the statement, the effects of torture on Musa’s body were observed. The party is expected to provide more details about the assassination in its next statement. On July 14, Behrouz Rahimi, a supporter of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), was shot dead near the city of Soleimanieh. According to the latest report by the Abdul Rahman Boroumand Foundation, 540 opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been assassinated outside the country over the past 40 years, of whom 380, or 70%, have lived in Iraqi Kurdistan, making Kurdistan the most dangerous place for Iranian dissidents. read more....

I spoke with Middle East Eye about threats against Iranian Kurdish activists and journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan region

Mohammed Amini, an Iranian Kurdish journalist living in Sulaimaniyah told MEE that he has also received numerous death threats. “This is a simple proof that Iran continues to silence its opponents outside its borders. Through targeting Kurdish activists and journalists, Iran aims to spread terror, curb and limit the impacts of its political opponents,” he said. read more...