Kurdistan Workers' Party Archives - KHRN

October 31, 2019

Iran Bans Funeral for Four members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party

The Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Intelligence Bureau of Orumieh, Maku, Baneh and Ravansar have summoned and threatened family members of families of four members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who were killed in clashes with Turkish army forces in the past few weeks to avoid organizing funeral ceremonies in the city mosques. According to local sources, the...

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June 3, 2018

Iran Handed Over Two Kurdish Political Prisoners to the Syrian and Turkish Governments

Two Kurdish political prisoners from Kurdistan of Turkey and Syria were handed over to the government forces of the two countries after serving 10 years in prison. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that two political prisoners known as Ramazan Ahmed Kamal (from Kobane in Kurdistan of Syria) and "Farhan Chalesh" (from Shernax in Kurdistan of Turkey), both sentenced to 10 years...

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