Amid the continued bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in Kurdistan, a Yarsan citizen and university student studying in Italy was killed during popular protests in Kermanshah after being shot directly by military–security forces. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, January 8, 2026, Yasin Mirzaei Qaleh-Zanjiri, a follower of the Yarsan faith […]
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During nationwide protests on Thursday and Friday, January 9–10, 2026, at least 15 Kurdish citizens identified as Ako Mohammadi, Salam Mirani, Amirali Heidari, Navid Salehi, Bayat Sobhani, Sajad Feizi, Mohammad Jafari, Erfan Jameh-Shourani, Ebrahim Ahmadpourian, Borhan Seydi, Alireza Seidi, Mohammad Zamani, Mobin Filli, Diyar Pourcheghriq, and Halako Ivani were killed […]
During the nationwide protests of recent days in Iran, at least 17 citizens in various cities across the country have been killed by direct gunfire from government forces. These citizens were killed in the provinces of Ilam, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Lorestan, Fars, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Isfahan, and their identities have […]
During protests in Malekshahi County, gunfire by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against protesters left at least four people dead and more than 30 injured. According to Kolbarnews, following today’s protests on Saturday, January 3, 2026, in the city of Malekshahi, Ilam Province, at least four citizens were killed […]
During the nationwide protests, at least nine citizens; Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, Shayan Asadollahi, Vahab Mousavi, Mostafa (surname unknown), Ahad Ebrahim-Pour Abdali, Ahmad Jalil, Sajad Valamanesh, Khodadad Shirvani, and Dariush Ansari Bakhtiarvand, were killed by direct gunfire from the repressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the provinces of Lorestan, […]
The Roboski massacre is one of the starkest examples of state crime in Turkish Kurdistan and an enduring document of the repressive, racist, and fascist nature of the Turkish government. On December 28, 2011, the fascist Turkish army, using advanced air force fighter jets, bombed a group of Kurdish Kolbars […]
Writer: Roman Miraki Life of Mehrab Abdullahzadeh, a Kurdish citizen from Urmia and one of detainees of “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising in Urmia during Jin Jiyan Azadi movement, is in serious danger after his death sentence was confirmed by judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran. This political prisoner is now […]
Ramin Zaleh, a Kurdish political prisoner from Naqadeh, has been sentenced to death by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court on the charge of “baghi” (armed rebellion). The ruling was issued after more than 500 days of detention without access to a chosen lawyer, while his family was reportedly pressured into silence. […]
In the first six days of Israeli military attacks on Iran, the human toll has reached 1,968, including 639 dead and 1,329 injured across 21 provinces. Today’s attacks focused on civilian areas and infrastructure in Tehran and other Iranian cities. According to Kolbarnews, today, Thursday, June 19, 2025, marks the […]
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 10, marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, a global movement pushing for the abolition of capital punishment. While the number of countries abolishing the death penalty continues to rise, Iran, under the rule of the Islamic regime, has seen an alarming increase in executions. In […]