Traditional Kurdish clothing shops in Iran’s western Kurdish areas (Rojhelat) have noticed a growing demand for Kurdish ...

The Kurdish American Development Organization started teaching Kurdish language classes at its office in Moorhead, home to ...

Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a ...

Iran’s intelligence service has summoned dozens of people and instructed them not to wear traditional Kurdish clothing during Newroz celebrations later this month, a watchdog said on Friday.

Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists ...

An Iranian-Kurdish woman, Amini, 22, had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women. The protests shook Iranian authorities and remain a rallying ...

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country.

A popular singer has been given a severe flogging over the lyrics in one of his song. Mehdi Yarrahi’s sang ‘take off your scarf’ and open your hair’ in his song Roosarito – Persion for your head scarf ...

Since 8 March, five women’s rights activists arrested, arbitrarily detained in solitary confinement and interrogated without ...

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country. https://p.dw.com/p/4rVKa ...

In Tehran, I attended an unofficial screening of a banned documentary by Mr. Karimi, the Kurdish filmmaker. About 50 people – including many young women ignoring the religious dress-code law ...