Fereydoun Nourizadeh, a young villager from Saqqez, had only attended four years of school.
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Evin Nadri Danani is one of the dozens of Iranian Kurdish girls who were lured by PJAK’s false promises of…
While the PKK and its Iranian offshoot, PJAK, present themselves as defenders of Kurdish rights, statistics and evidence suggest these…
In the mountainous villages of Kurdistan, being a woman means running a marathon of suffering and responsibility; from dawn till…
Bardiya Abdi, a teenager from Paveh, recounts how he fell prey to these promises amid emotional emptiness and family pressures.…
Rasoul Sayadi, a young man from Qasr-e Shirin, is known for a life filled with hardship and bitter experiences. After…
At sixteen, Helya Abdollahi, a teenage girl from Sanandaj, found herself struggling with depression and isolation, a result of family…
Shayan Fattahi: A Story from Iran’s Border Regions Shayan Fattahi, a 19-year-old from the town of Nowsud, is a stark…
Kamyar Valizadeh, with empty hands but a heart full of hope, embarked on a path he believed would lead him…
Regional underdevelopment is a serious challenge in many countries worldwide, including Iran. In multi-ethnic societies, the formation of stable national…