The Kurdistan Peace and Development Society has published a report on the Human Rights Situation in Iranian Kurdistan. The report studies the current human rights condition in Iranian Kurdistan under the clerical regime of Iran. In the early days of the revolution of 1979 in Iran when the Kurds had once more materialized the reams of freedom and self-rule as in the self-governing Republic of 1946,...
Chef Musa Dagdeviren takes a break at Worlds of Flavor 2009 I first heard about half-Turkish, half-Kurdish chef Musa Dagdeviren in 1999, from my Turkish teacher. I was one of only two students taking second-year Turkish at UC Berkeley. My...
Media silence regarding allegations concerning former US Ambassador Peter Galbraith's "sleaze factor" has been deafening, in the wake of the New York Times' front-page expose. Very little follow-up, until this item in TPM Muckracker: A good government group is calling on the State Department to investigate the role of former ambassador Peter Galbraith in drafting Iraq's constitution in 2005...
Pakistan Worries Over New U.S. Afghan Strategy -- Reuters SLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S. troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk. U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to end the Afghan war before he leaves office....
BAGHDAD — A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie , the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Karbala, told worshippers during his regular Friday sermon that failure to break...
'A senior Kurdish leader on Friday moved to defuse the latest threat to Iraq's imperiled elections – a possible Kurdish boycott – saying ongoing discussions with Iraqi leaders and political party blocs were close to resolving their differences. "I am cautiously optimistic there will be a resolution," says Barham Saleh, prime minister of the Kurdish regional government. Also to...
EastKurd: According to Rawa News last night near the Belo village Mariwan region the regime's forces were shooting toward the border workers the effect of a young Kurdish has been killed. His name Wafa son of Majid,he was carrying on gasoline. Annual hundreds of Kurdish by Iranian and Turkish forces on the border are killed, Majority of them are killed by Iranian forces. Comments
According to Saddam, James Baker told Saddam that Iraq would be taken back to the pre-industrial age of if he did not comply with US conditions. After 40 consecutive days and nights of bombing , the former Secretary of State fulfilled his promise. 'He takes personal responsibility for ordering the launching of SCUD missiles against Israeli targets during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, because he blamed...
EastKurd: A few days ago during protests Kurdish students of Tehran University for execution of sentence Ehsan Fatahian five students were arrested and were transferred to an unknown location. Names of arrested students are as follows: Leila Mohammadi Pakhshan Azizi Serveh Waisi Ahmad Ismaili Amanj Rahimi --- Rawa News Comments
Kelley B. Vlahos writes: How easy it is to declare Iraq "turned around" while an ancient people face the swirling desert sands of their own extinction. While it might sound a bit hyperbolic, there is no denying that the Christian minority in Iraq is slowly bleeding out, even as U.S. lawmakers justifying their support for the invasion of Iraq – such as Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman,...
BY AMOS Last week , the Iraqi parliament passed an elections law that was to have resolved some of the contentious issues surrounding voter eligibility. But today, one of Iraq's two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi , vetoed the bill. Hashimi belongs to the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni Islamist coalition. He objected specifically to some of the details of the proposed legislation which limited the...
EastKurd: According to mukrian news agency Habibolla Ismaieli few days ago by security forces in Mahabad arrested and was transferred to an unknown location. He has been charged with cooperation Kurdish parties . Comments
Mr. Azad Moradian's speach on the KNCNA 20th Annual Conference May 2008 Azad Moradian Dear President of KNC, Dr. Saman Shali Distinguished guests Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Kurdish American Committee for Democracy in Iran, I congratulate the board of advisers, board of directors, members, and the supporters of the KNCNA on the 20th anniversary of excellent work for the promotion of the Kurdish
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Mr. Moradian, I found your article "The complexities of human sexuality, and Islamic' laws and regulations in Iran" very intresting. I'm an American man...