Kolbarnews has called on people across Iranian Kurdistan to join a general strike on Wednesday, September 16, marking the fourth anniversary of the death of Jina Amini and the beginning of the revolutionary movement that followed.In a statement issued ahead of the anniversary, Kolbarnews said that, four years after Jina […]
Jina Amini
Four years ago, the state killing of Jina Amini sparked an uprising that became one of the largest and most influential protest movements in Iran’s contemporary history. Jina, a young Kurdish woman from Saqqez, died after being arrested by the morality police in Tehran; but her name quickly went beyond […]
Faryad Fathi, a 20-year-old citizen from the village of Golaneh in Divandarreh County, died after years of suffering from physical complications resulting from his detention during the Jina Revolutionary Movement. According to Kolbarnews, Faryad Fathi, a 20-year-old citizen from the village of Golaneh in Divandarreh County, who was arrested during […]
Reza Babernejad, a Kurdish citizen from Quchan and the brother of Mehdi Babarnejad, one of the victims of the Jina Revolutionary Movement, has been sentenced by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to a total of six years in prison. According to Kolbarnews, Reza Babernejad, a Kurdish citizen […]
Writer: Roman Miraki “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, led by women, broke down walls of gender, religious, and ethnic discrimination and created a discourse for justice.Three years ago, on September 15, 2022, state sponsored murder of Jina Amini sparked what became one of largest protest movements in contemporary Iranian history. “Women, […]
Simin Chaychi, Marziyeh Moradveysi, and Fatemeh Zandkarimi, three civil activists from the city of Sanandaj, were summoned to the Intelligence Office and interrogated. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, Simin Chaychi, a well-known Kurdish poet and civil activist, Fatemeh Zandkarimi, an activist in the teachers’ movement, and Marziyeh […]
On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Khamenei, in a meeting with private sector investors, reacted to Trump’s recent remarks about the regime, without naming him explicitly. This occurred on a day when freedom-seekers in revolutionary Kurdistan ranging from Shahabad to Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Saqqez, Bukan, Mahabad, and other major and minor cities […]
The months of Mordad (July-August) and Shahrivar (August-September) are reminders of one of the horrific crimes committed during the rule of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thirty-six years ago, in these months of 1988, the Islamic regime carried out an atrocity that highlighted the extreme brutality of its officials. Concerned […]
Diyar BakhtiyariSara and Matin Siahi, two citizens from the city of Bukan and participants in the Jina revolutionary uprising, have been sentenced to prison and 60 lashes. According to Kolbarnews, Diyar BakhtiyariSara and Matin Siahi were sentenced by Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court to imprisonment and 60 lashes. According […]