Kurds in Rojhelat(Iran) prepare mass strike

[Al-Kurdi]

Iranian Kurds prepare mass strike
At least 400 Kurds have been arrested across restive areas of Iran.

BEIRUT – Kurds in Iran are preparing for a large general labor strike as security forces continue their campaign of mass arrests around protest-hit Mahabad.



Following nearly a week of unrest in Kurdish-populated areas of northwestern Iran, activists called on all Kurdish civilians to begin a comprehensive strike in protest of the government’s crackdown on demonstrations.



“We call on all Kurdish citizens in the cities of Iranian Kurdistan to take part in a general strike starting on Thursday,” read the statement, which according to Asharq Alawsat, also called on all Kurdish political and non-political organizations to support the civil action.



The statement said the strike would include “the closure of all commercial enterprises in Kurdish cities” and advised Kurds “not to go to work in response to Iranian regime’s practices against the Kurdish people.”



The activists said they were aiming to prevent “assaults against our women and […] the repression of […] our peaceful demonstrations,” and make “the Iranian government review its policies related to the Kurdish people and listen […] to the voice of the people of Kurdistan.”



Unrest has mounted in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran, since anger boiled over last Thursday in Mahabad, where a local woman jumped to her death from a hotel window, reportedly to avoid rape by an Iranian security officer.



Syria ARA News said that the fifth-day of protests in Mahabad turned violent once again on Monday night. Previous demonstrations in the city have left at least six people dead according to reports.



“The demonstrations, which started at 7 pm… [saw] protesters denounce Iranian [authorities] and their human rights abuses and call for the freedom of Iranian Kurdistan.”



The protests have spread to a number of other cities, with Iraqi Kurdish BAS News reporting Wednesday that demostrations have also been held in Sanandaj, Bukan, Saqqez and Marivan.



Arrest campaign


Iran has scrambled its security forces in a bid to quell the protests, deploying them in heavy numbers across northwestern Iran.



On Monday, a Kurdish official told ARA News that “the Revolutionary Guards and intelligence agents of the Iranian regime forces were deployed in Iranian Kurdish areas, blocking the roads to prevent protestors from reaching governmental institutions.”



Amid the heightened security measures, Iranian forces have also arrested scores of activists and protesters across Kurdish-populated areas.



The vice president of the Iranian opposition Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) told Alaraby Aljadeed that Iranian security forces have arrested over 400 Kurds since last Thursday.



“Around 200 of them are from the city of Mahabad, [and were detained] for taking part in anti-regime protests,” Hussein Yazdanpana said Wednesday.



“After the situation exploded and massive popular demonstrations broke out in Kurdish cities […] the security forces used closed circuit television cameras to record footage of the demonstrations,” the Kurdish official explained.



“Then they inspected [the footage] to identify the participants… raided houses […] and arrested a large number of [people] in the towns of Mahabad, Bukan, Saradasht, Marivan and Oshnavieh.”

Iranian Kurds prepare mass strike

 

[rockstar08]

I thought Kurds and Shi'at are friendly ? both are trying to fight ISIS no ?

 

[Sage]

Wishing the Kurds best of luck !

 

[JUBA]

• Godspeed to the Kurds against the terrorist mullah regime, Also you should go for your independence from the Persian occupiers

 

[Al-Kurdi]

I thought Kurds and Shi'at are friendly ? both are trying to fight ISIS no ?

Amongst the Kurds in East Kurdistan(Iran), half are sunni and half a shia. Iran does not make a difference if you're a shia or sunni Kurd, they view and opress all the Kurds the same. Ilam is a Kurdish shia province and Iran makes alot of money from it's oil and other resources but the province remains poorest province just after Balochistan, just the other day a Kurd in Ilam poisoned himself and his children due to the extreme poverty raging in the Kurdish areas.

 

[rockstar08]

Amongst the Kurds in East Kurdistan(Iran), half are sunni and half a shia. Iran does not make a difference if you're a shia or sunni Kurd, they view and opress all the Kurds the same. Ilam is a Kurdish shia province and Iran makes alot of money from it's oil and other resources but the province remains poorest province just after Balochistan, just the other day a Kurd in Ilam poisoned himself and his children due to the extreme poverty raging in the Kurdish areas.

that is sad

 

[Aramagedon]

• Godspeed to the Kurds against the terrorist mullah regime, Also you should go for your independence from the Persian occupiers

It is funny that you put bloody videos of al nusrah and ISIS in Syrian civil war and enjoy their bloodshed. Most of Suadis are suicider you are dangrous for safey of the world. People should create barbed wire around your country's border.
Btw Saudi regime has occupied your country for 3 centuries.

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Mods Rojhelat is a terrorist organization please delete this thread.

 

[Khalid Newazi]

• Godspeed to the Kurds against the terrorist mullah regime, Also you should go for your independence from the Persian occupiers

So, in Turkey, the Kurds are terrorists but in Iran, they are freedom fighters.

 

[azzo]

I thought Kurds and Shi'at are friendly ? both are trying to fight ISIS no ?

By that logic, USA,Saudi,Iran, Iraq,FSA, and ASSad are all friends just because they're fighting ISIS.

 

[rockstar08]

By that logic, USA,Saudi,Iran, Iraq,FSA, and ASSad are all friends just because they're fighting ISIS.

well The enemy of my enemy is my Friends

 

[Serpentine]

So, in Turkey, the Kurds are terrorists but in Iran, they are freedom fighters.

Depends if they fight Sunnis or Shias. As soon as ISIS started killing Sunnis, it became a bad terrorist group, before that, they were revolutionaries and freedom fighters. I exactly remember how Arabs referred to IS when it had not started killing Sunnis too.

 

[Hussein]

Amongst the Kurds in East Kurdistan(Iran), half are sunni and half a shia. Iran does not make a difference if you're a shia or sunni Kurd, they view and opress all the Kurds the same. Ilam is a Kurdish shia province and Iran makes alot of money from it's oil and other resources but the province remains poorest province just after Balochistan, just the other day a Kurd in Ilam poisoned himself and his children due to the extreme poverty raging in the Kurdish areas.

your bullshit story
from the region i am from, extrem poverty exists too. in the villages around Esfahan there was the famous story of potatoes offered so people vote for Ahmadinejad. that means a lot about poverty is some parts of the country.
it is totally NON ethnic

 

[JUBA]

So, in Turkey, the Kurds are terrorists but in Iran, they are freedom fighters.

I don't care what the Kurds do in Turkey, and I've never commented on them, all i know is all the oppressed non Persian ethnicities In Iran need take take their rights

It is funny that you put bloody videos of al nusrah and ISIS in Syrian civil war and enjoy their bloodshed. Most of Suadis are suicider you are dangrous for safey of the world. People should create barbed wire around your country's border.
Btw Saudi regime has occupied your country for 3 centuries.

Facts about Saudi Royals - CIF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION


Mods Rojhelat is a terrorist organization please delete this thread.

Give it a rest, your empty propaganda is boring, you're new to this forum, we've already went through all that empty BS that you keep posting

 

[Al-Kurdi]

your bullshit story
from the region i am from, extrem poverty exists too. in the villages around Esfahan there was the famous story of potatoes offered so people vote for Ahmadinejad. that means a lot about poverty is some parts of the country.
it is totally NON ethnic

are you for real man, are you that bold to compare the situation in the Kurdish areas to Isfahan? if just everyone was as rich as you iranians to afford injecting acid into stray dogs...

Kurds are not even allowed to govern their own areas ffs.

 

[Abii]

are you for real man, are you that bold to compare the situation in the Kurdish areas to Isfahan? if just everyone was as rich as you iranians to afford injecting acid into stray dogs...

Kurds are not even allowed to govern their own areas ffs.

They're not allowed to? Who the **** is governing the Kurdish provinces then? You're such a potato.

Governing "their own areas" is not equal to federalism. In Kurdish provinces locals are the ones sitting in the city councils and regional and nationwide political seats. I agree with you. Kurdish, along with Azeri, should be added to Iran's list of official languages. Iran's primary and secondary public schools should be offered in Azeri, Persian and Kurdish based on the regional demographic makeup. But what you're saying is nonsensical. Of course locals are governing Kurdistan. The same way local Azeris are in charge in Azerbaijan.

Edit: but Iran isn't a democratic country and also not based on a federal system. Provinces can't decide on education and other matters. The central government makes those decisions for all provinces. But that doesn't mean locals aren't in charge.