Category Archives: PJAK

Correcting the Contradiction of the Obama Administration

By Rauf Naqishbendi: Just like individuals, governments are to be judged for their virtues and vices, for governments are a consortium of people. To this end, decent individuals are in the company of good societies, while corrupted individuals are settled in the company of perverted societies. In a sense, one can judge an individual by…

Democracy’s Frontline Starts with the Pershmerga

By Kaziwa Salih: The Middle East, particularly Iraq and Syria, has turned into a triangle battlefield, amongst fanatical groups with diverse titles and similar aims: creating an Islamic state with Stone Age approaches. There are two tyrannical Governments completing this dimension which are Iraq and Syria. The Peshmarga of Kurdistan is the only force defending…

Iran: Don’t be fooled by Rohani – PJAK leader

KT News: The leader of PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan), the east Kurdistan movement with links to the PKK, has warned that the new Iranian president Rohani is taking advantage of recent diplomatic openings with the West to increase pressure on minorities, including Kurds. Abdul Rahman Haji-Ahmadi, the Germany-based leader of PJAK told…

I’m Kurdish, if I’m not political then what am I?

Kurdistan

By Veene Sulaivany: It goes without saying that, as Kurds, we are a highly politicized people. What I mean by this is, we are born into politics and become married to it at a very young age. How can we not be this way? And, in particular, how can those who have been and continue…

Kurds show revulsion at Turkish attacks & Barzani calls for calm

By Shwan Zulal: A demonstration in Erbil, Kurdistan Region’s capital was underway today, condemning the Turkish air raids on Qandil mountains and PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) bases in Kurdistan. The banners were calling for justice for the innocent seven civilians killed by the Turkish air strike. They were calling on Turkey to stop its aggression…

PJAK resistance continues

By Harem Karem: The battle between PJAK and the Iranian army resumed on Monday morning and the Iranian regime continued shelling Kurdish villages on the Kurdistan-Iran border. Sources at Qaladze hospital told local newspaper ‘Hawlati’: “At 09:30 on Monday morning, Ms Manih Omer Ibrahim aged 27 from Suni village in the Pshdar area was injured as…

PJAK freedom fighters push back Iranian army

By Harem Karem: PJAK spokesperson ‘Sherzad Kemankar’ this evening told local newspaper ‘Hawlati’: “The fighting between PJAK and Iranian army stopped at 15:00 on Sunday. After engaging in a heavy battle, PJAK has managed to push the Iranian army back to where they originally were”. More than 50 have died this weekend in clashes between…