On Saturday, March 22, 2025, under the pretext of a special religious occasion, a group of Shiite Turkish-speaking residents of Urmia gathered at the invitation of a Shiite cleric. What could have been a routine and natural annual religious gathering was deliberately exploited by Pan-Turkist nationalists as a tool to […]
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Ravin Motaei, a high school teacher in Dehgolan, was dismissed from his position by the Appeals Board for Administrative Violations of the Ministry of Education. According to Kolbarnews, quoting the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations channel, Ravin Motaei was officially expelled from the Ministry of Education.The ruling was […]
Aram Ali, Kamal Qazani, Rahim Ghaderi, Kamran Ghazali, Osman Omarnajad, Shirzad Sheikhi, Behzad Maslahat, Behrouz Hamzepour, Mohammad Hosseinpour, Rahim Ahmadzadeh, and Mohammad Ahmadpour, along with two teenagers named Shaker Omarzadeh and Briyar Mohammadiyani, were arrested by security forces in Sardasht. These individuals were released on bail after two days in […]
Saria and Ewin Ahmadi, two teenage sisters, along with Rojbin Afsoon, residents of Urmia who were arrested on Wednesday, March 19, were released on bail from the Urmia Intelligence Office. According to Kolbarnews, Saria Ahmadi, 17, Ewin Ahmadi, 16, and Rojbin Afsoon, 22, originally from Maku and residing in Urmia, […]
With the identification of four more citizens named Belal Dadras, Mohammad Nikpay, Aram Nikpay, and Mohammad Eshtak, the number of detainees on Friday, March 21, 2025, has increased to at least five. Yesterday, the arrest of Tahsin Dadras was reported. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, March 21, 2025, at least […]
Soma Mohammadzadeh, a civil activist and women’s rights advocate from Sanandaj, has been temporarily released on one billion tomans bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, she was released on bail pending the completion of judicial proceedings. Soma Mohammadzadeh was arrested on Monday, March 10, 2025, without a […]
Arezou Jalilzadeh, a schoolteacher from Sardasht, has been temporarily released from Urmia Central Prison after posting bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Arezou Jalilzadeh was released on bail after two weeks of detention. She was arrested on Monday, March 3, 2025, by security forces in Sardasht without […]
Mousa Rasouli and Soran Mohammadpour, residents of Piranshahr, have been released from Naqadeh prison after posting bail. According to Kolbarnews, Mousa Rasouli was released on Sunday, March 16, 2025, and Soran Mohammadpour on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Their release was secured with a bail of three billion tomans each. The […]
Soheila Motaei, a civil activist from the city of Dehgolan, has been temporarily released from prison on bail of one billion tomans until the completion of judicial proceedings. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, March 17, 2025, Soheila Motaei was temporarily released after posting bail of one billion tomans. She had […]
Thirty-seven years ago, on this very day, at exactly 11:35 AM, several bomber aircraft of the Ba’athist Iraqi regime, under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, circled over the small city of Halabja in Kurdistan. They dropped their first chemical bombs on children, women, men, the elderly, and the entire city. […]