Iran News » Kurdistan News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Iranian attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan aim to transform Iraq into buffer zone, spread war
Iran’s attacks seek to strike an area of Iraq that the regime assumes is not well protected, in a push to move fighting outside Iran and avoid insurrections inside.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Iranian Kurdish parties in Iraq face a delicate balance amid Iran attacks
Iranian Kurdish groups based in Iraq have been heavily attacked in the war, but most deny US assistance.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: The domestic armed threat facing Iran
External support for ethnic armed groups poses an escalating security threat to Iran, experts and state officials warn.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: As SDF disband in Syria, Kurds ponder how to secure their rights
As the Kurdish forces dissolve, experts express concern if their rights will be won through democratic means.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Is Kurdistan Ready for a US-Iran War?
Tension between Iran and the United States is at a peak. On October 11, Attorney General Eric Holder accused the Islamic Republic of plotting an attack on American soil. “Today, the Department of ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: The promise of the Kurdish peace
The challenge for Turkey and the Kurds is to build an inclusive national identity capacious enough to accommodate Kurdish identity and aspirations.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Iran Risks New War Front as Kurdish Attacks Rise Amid US Ceasefire
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An uptick in clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Six Kurdish fighters killed in IRGC ambush as clashes spread across western Iran
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday it killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, while the Kurdish opposition group told Fox News Digital that six of its ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive
In a dramatic new twist in the Iran conflict, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed what President Donald Trump had been alluding to for some time: Turkey helped prevent armed Iranian ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: ‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi
In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Social: The Shifting Fortunes of the Kurds
The Kurds’ fortunes have ebbed and flowed in recent years, but the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2024, the 2025 decision by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to dissolve and engage in ...