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Head of Avanti. Writer. Director. My heart is with all in Iran, from Kurdistan to Tehran. ژن ,ژیان ,ئازادی 📣 Work things via Marieke at .

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Met deelname van een aardige representatie uit de Tweede Kamer mocht ik de commissie Buitenlandse Zaken briefen over de ontwikkelingen in Iran. Hier een fragmentje uit mijn bijdrage. Het hele gesprek, met o.a. @Bijan63 , @RahaMaryam , @WLFNetherlands kijk je terug via Debat Gemist.

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Kerman, Iran. Kippenvel. Overal kippenvel. Misschien heeft ze wel voorgoed iets ontketend, Jina Mahsa Amini.

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Rojava.

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My people, my brave, Kurdish people. Always leading the way.

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Jina. Her name was Jina. That same regime that murdered her with the excuse of not being properly covered, that same regime does not allow Kurdish names. Mahsa was her formal name as Jina is forbidden. Call her Jina. Just as her mother calls her Jina, crying on her grave. Jina.

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How brave is it to walk the streets of Tehran, unveiled and in this bright and beautiful Kurdish dress.

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Verschrikkelijk nieuws. Vanmorgen is de eerste executie van een demonstrant uitgevoerd in Teheran. Mohsen Shekari, hij was pas 23. Opgehangen. Ter dood veroordeeld omdat hij voor zijn vrijheid opkwam. Net als iedereen op straat. Dit is de Islamitische Republiek Iran.

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Komar Daroftadeh, 16. His funeral, in a village near Piranshar. He was not at a protest when he got killed. In his last Instagram story Komar wrote a poem about vulnerability of Kurdish lives. ‘Even the highest mountains avenge their loneliness on us, because our job is to die.’

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Kurds in Tehran chanting ‘As long as there will be Kurds there will be Kurdistan’ in front of the Turkish embassy.

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Students in Teheran chanting a translation of the Kurdish slogan: Jin — Jiyan — Azadî, Zan — Zendagi — Azadi, Women — Life — Freedom.

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Happy Yalda. Light will win. ♥️

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Today Zara Mohammadi commenced her five year prison sentence in Sine, Eastern Kurdistan. Her crime is teaching the Kurdish language. She said goodbye with so much grace, it will only fuel more people to keep our language alive under Iranian occupation.

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En NOS neemt weer klakkeloos de Iraanse staatsmedia over. Het was helemaal geen ‘feest in Teheran’. Een handjevol ingehuurde hooligans zwaait met de vlag. De rest van het land was eten en benzine aan het inslaan vannacht.

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Tried to stay out of this mess. We have bigger battles to fight. But these men and women are literally dancing to a song that says ‘I’m a Kurd, my language is Kurdish and I’m from Kurdistan.’ It’s been Alinejad’s hobby for years to exclude our identity when tweeting in English.

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Watch the awe-inspiring bravery of people of Sanandaj. Their city has been subjected to shelling by the regime since yesterday, but they went outside to dance, men and women. Dancing is also forbidden in Iran. #MahsaAmini

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The Islamic Republic of Iran is plotting a massacre against the people of Mahabad. Armed forces are attacking the city. Electricity is cut. Internet is cut. They are shooting people at their houses. This is from a few hours ago. This is terrible news.

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First images coming in from the Kurdish city of Mahabad show troops combing through the streets searching for civilians to shoot. At this moment there’s no information out on casualties and wounded. But everything points at a new low, even to Islamic Republic of Iran’s standards.

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Turkey is bombing the Kurdish cities of Derik, Amûdê and: Kobanî. Where the Kurds fought ISIS and also saved the West. Where the spirit of ‘women, life, freedom’ caught fire and spread a philosophy to Iran and the world. Turkey is bombing Rojava. When it’s Kurds, who’s watching?

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Ghafur Mewludi got shot yesterday in Bokan. This is his son today at his funeral. He compares the difference between violence in Tehran and Kurdistan. ‘Here it’s rockets and bullets.’ He says ‘Because the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Tehran is fascist, and in Kurdistan occupier.’

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Ashkan Amini, Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s brother in Kurdish attire at her grave in Saqqez holding the flame of Newroz.

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Îlam, Kurdistan.

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Bokan, Iranian Kurdistan. Mentioning specific locations because of severe violence used in Kurdish cities. This is why sadly it matters Jina ‘Mahsa’ Amini was a Kurd. Please keep watching, sharing, acknowledging the fight of people all over Iran.

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‘Jin, jiyan, azadî’ is changing how we look at freedom of women in the Middle East and from there worldwide. @elifxeyal explains it so well. Watch this to understand what catalyzed the uprising in Iran and how its Kurdish roots grew towards this momentum.

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Heavy fighting tonight in Shino, Iranian Kurdistan. The Kurdish region in Iran and its protesters have been under severe attack for days and it seems to worsen. While images are barely pouring in, please keep supporting.

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Iranian Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, Mohammed Boroghani and Mohsen Shekari are said to have been transferred to solitary confinement after sentenced ‘enmity against God’. Usually when Islamic Republic of Iran spreads news on solitary confinement, next morning execution follows.

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This is why it’s wrong to not keep in mind Kurdish context of current events in Iran. All bases of Iranian Kurdish parties in Iraqi Kurdistan are under severe attack. Iran is punishing Kurds wherever they can make it hurt. Whatever it takes to kill hope.

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‘Kurdistan, the graveyard of fascists.’ Paris today.

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No-one is free until women are free. No-one is free until Kurds are free.

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Saqqez, look at this huge crowd. This is where the protests started forty days ago. Thousands are gathered around Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s grave in Saqqez, Iranian Kurdistan. There are protests and strikes in other cities, too. Forty days and people are only just getting started.

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Kurdish joy. 💛✨

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Dit meisje wordt op haar vijftiende verhandeld door IS, ontsnapt, vlucht naar Duitsland, begint nieuw leven en komt daar de verhandelaar tegen die alles van haar nieuwe leven weet. Nu is ze weer gevlucht. En IS’ers als hij lopen onbevreesd rond in Europa.

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My Kurdish timeline is full of pain and death again. How light must life feel if you’re not marginalized. I guess we’ll never know.

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Dit lijkt per ongeluk een still uit een Wes Andersonfilm - over een kneuterig, doch degelijk klein koninkrijk ten zuiden van Scandinavië.

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Dit zijn gewone burgers in Iraaks Koerdistan die nietsvermoedend in de zon chillen met de kids. En dan worden ze zowat omvergeblazen door bommen uit Turkije. Dit is de broer van een jongen die ik ken. En zijn neefje. @NATO vindt dit ok. Dan weet je dat.

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Mahabad. All or nothing.

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6 years

Koerden zijn al honderd jaar het wisselgeld bij internationale zaken. Onze pijn immer alleen onze pijn. Onze soldaten de wegwerphelden. Onze doden, ons land, ons verdriet irrelevant. We hielden IS uit Europa, om er zelf door te worden verslonden. Fuck you very much, beste wereld.

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Weer de executie van een demonstrant in Iran vanmorgen. Majid Reza Rahnavard. Professioneel worstelaar. 23 jaar. De Islamitische Republiek is geen regime om mee te onderhandelen. De internationale druk moet opgevoerd worden. Duizenden mensen wacht anders ditzelfde lot.

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European Film Academy supports the boycot of Russian films. Why would you suppress voices that manage to create, even under dictatorship? Silencing artists means you're silencing voices who by nature question their surroundings. You're silencing critics, thinkers, change makers.

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De beruchte Evin-gevangenis staat in brand. De grootste denkers, politiek gevangenen zitten hier. Iedereen kent Evin, kent iemand die daar zit of heeft gezeten. Op dit moment is het onduidelijk of de beelden heel goed nieuws of heel slecht nieuws betekenen.

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Elnaz Rekabi, gevierd op socials omdat ze gister zonder hoofddoek aan een belangrijke klimwedstrijd meedeed in Seoul, is spoorloos. Haar paspoort en telefoon zijn geconfisqueerd. Ik lees berichten dat ze mogelijk op de Iraanse ambassade wordt vastgehouden.

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When we say ‘The Islamic Republic of Iran has militarized our cities,’ this is what it looks like. This is Urmia.

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Mahabad. They say 8 blocks of my maternal hometown are under control of the people.

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Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s father and Mohammad Mehdi Karami’s father holding hands at Jina’s grave in Saqqez. She was killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, he got executed because of the protests that then started.

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Recently students at UvA approached me for a program about Iran. The lineup was published without any communication. I was not aware of regime affiliate Katebi’s attendance. I have no desire to face anyone who speaks good about the murderers of our people. I will not attend.

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Historical images coming in. I can’t believe my eyes. It is said that tonight the Kurdish city of Shino is completely liberated from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime forces. People are in control of their city.

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NOS heeft GENOCIDE verkeerd gespeld.

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Massabegrafenis voor jezidi's Irak

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Only in Lebanon they’ll turn a protest into a rave.

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2 years

This morning Iran suddenly executed Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani. His father got martyred by the same regime back in 1981. This photo by Reza Deqati is said to show Ghorbani crying on his father’s grave. Our pain and struggle carry on, generation after generation.

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The people in Kurdistan and all of Iran have lost so many loved ones this year. This is the newest name. Burhan Eliasi, 22 years old, from Ciwanro (Javanrud), shot and killed by Islamic Republic’s repressive forces in his hometown today.

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Toen we in 1986 in Nederland aankwamen was er een stel dat hier de oorlog had mee gemaakt. Ze ontfermden zich over mij als een opa en oma. We hadden een pijn gemeen die je alleen herkent als je weet wat oorlog betekent. Mijn stilte is voor hen en iedereen die weet wat ik bedoel.

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Turkije is vannacht een operatie in Iraaks Koerdistan begonnen, ze bombarderen op plekken die ik ken. Op gezichten die ik ken. Op onze bergen, onze mensen. Op het gebied van de Yezidi. De dieren in onze natuur. Volgens mij mag je weer op vakantie naar Turkije. Doe het niet.

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Performers, writers, directors, journalists arrested left and right. Saman Seydi aka Saman Yasin, rapper from Kermashan, Kurdistan in Iran was arrested last month. He just had his brief 'trial' charged with ‘moharebeh’, which usually ends with execution.

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Er circuleert een video van een vrouwelijke Koerdische strijder in Afrin die door Turkse strijdmachten en co naakt over de grond wordt gesleept, haar borsten zijn eraf gesneden. Europa, houd lekker je kop in het zand en doe alsof dit NAVO-leger ook maar een haar beter is dan IS.

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Als er redacteuren bestaan die nog geïnteresseerd zijn in de verhalen van Koerdische Nederlanders die hun leven riskeerden om in Irak tégen IS te vechten, die kameraden en familie verloren en nu weer terug zijn hier in Nederland en achteraan aan mogen sluiten, mijn DM staat open.

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Watch this endless stream of forces deployed into the city of Mahabad. My maternal hometown. A contact says they’re everywhere, armored vehicles, masked militias. The women witnessing and filming this are scared for the lives of our people, of our youth. This is a cry for help.

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The Kurdish song in the background, ‘Dardit le Gyanim’ by Mazhari Xalaqi is killing me. With this unveiled girl giving free hugs to people on the streets of Kermashan, Iranian Kurdistan. And this old man standing there. This is an entire movie in one shot.

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Berlijn vannacht. Dit is solidariteit.

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The Kurdish city of Mahabad tonight. Home to historical revolutionaries. While we watch the fall of the Islamic Republic of Iran unfold, keep in mind all the lives it costs to reach freedom. Keep in mind the bravery. Keep in mind they need our solidarity.

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Snow and revolutionary songs in Mahabad.

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2 years

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s police is shooting straight at protesters in Sardasht, where half my family is from. Please keep sharing these images alongside the more hopeful ones. The least we can do from the outside is showing what is going on.

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Nesrin Qaderi was a PhD student in Tehran. Family was pressured to bury her before dawn in her Kurdish hometown Mariwan. Authorities creeped around the house all night. It is said they kidnapped the body to prevent a proper funeral, to prevent protests. Even our dead scare them.

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In Iranian Baluchistan protesters have gathered, it seems after the rape of a teenager by an Iranian regime’s officer. Forces then opened fire on civilians. With so far 2 casualties confirmed and many injured. Baluchistan is suffering from some of the most severe police violence.

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Soleimani was a despicable figure, everything he fought for and the Iranian regime continues to stands for has horrendous impact on lives here. As an Iranian Kurd based in Iraqi Kurdistan for a while I’d say good riddance. But I don’t know, it feels like a worse era just started.

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Notice all the new graves of martyrs of the uprising in Bokan. The Islamic Republic of Iran continues the killing of unarmed civilians. People are scared and we see less images of what’s going on. Change comes with huge sacrifices. But it will come.

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Zoals gevreesd, zijn vanmorgen vroeg in Iran nog twee demonstranten geëxecuteerd door de Islamistische Republiek. Ondanks alle pogingen wereldwijd om deze jonge mannen te redden van dit genadeloze en gewetenloze regime. Ze zijn dood. Mohammad Mehdi Karami en Mohammad Hosseini.

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Mijn tweets zijn als een livestream aan moed en ellende de afgelopen zestig dagen. Ik wil zeggen dat er een mens achter dit account zit, en dat ik hoop dat jullie blijven kijken. Er wordt geschiedenis geschreven in Iran, het land waar mijn geschiedenis ligt. Ik moet het delen.

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Everyone joking around about Iraq and Iran, don’t. People here are trying to figure if there’s gonna be another war, where to flee if so, whether aid workers are leaving, if new camps are needed, if families are safe, if they need to stack up food, if there will be retaliation.

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Today the Parisian Kurdish community got hit by a shooter, killing three. It shakes millions of us around the globe. I’m a Parisian Kurd, too. Born in Paris, because of its significance to our resistance. Too many are buried there, forced into exile or assassinated by oppressors.

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When we praise the bravery of Kurdish people in Ciwanro (Javanrud), it’s because we know this is the risk they take by protesting. Islamic Republic troops are roaming the city, raiding houses, arresting entire families. Our cities are militarized for months now. Don’t look away.

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Sinem Kavus: ‘En daarom draag ik dit Gouden Kalf ook op aan de Koerdische Jina Mahsa Amini en aan alle moedige vrouwen in Iran die op dit moment een historische vrijheidsstrijd aan het voeren zijn.’ 💖✊🏼

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This is Komar’s father. I’m out of words. Might translate this for you later.

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Zoals gevreesd, zijn vanmorgen vroeg in Iran nog twee demonstranten geëxecuteerd door de Islamitische Republiek. Ondanks alle pogingen wereldwijd om deze jonge mannen te redden van dit genadeloze en gewetenloze regime. Ze zijn gedood. Mohammad Mehdi Karami en Mohammad Hosseini.

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Unless you’re Kurdistani.

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Having a nationality is a human right. Having a nationality is a human right. Having a nationality is a human right. Having a nationality is a human right. Having a nationality is a human right. A reminder.

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Dit is zo groots. En niet te houden emotioneel en niet te houden spannend. Stad van 40.000 mensen, uit handen van het regime.

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Historical images coming in. I can’t believe my eyes. It is said that tonight the Kurdish city of Shino is completely liberated from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime forces. People are in control of their city.

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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton pretty much stealing my job, living my dream.

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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Developing Female Kurdish Militia Drama for TV

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, via their Hidden Light Productions banner, have acquired TV rights to author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's 'The Daughters of Kobani.'

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Deze passie en dan met volle kracht dit zware onderwerp in. Dat doe je zo goed, lieve @BrendaStoter , een noodzakelijke invalshoek op de agenda houden. Het lot van de slachtoffers van IS. De puinhoop waar Nederlanders met open ogen aan hebben bijgedragen.

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To the entire internet: Hello from Erbil! Stop confirming attacks here while we’re trying to figure out what’s happening. Yes, some heard booms, windows shaking, but no sign of smoke whatsoever. Please keep your guesses to yourself so we can catch some sleep. It’s almost morning.

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Kurdistanî media are hip and up to date. The world is fascinated. But people say Iraq, to sound dramatic. Saying Kurdistan is dramatic enough. These are images of a people climbing up from decades of darkness finally able to share their humor and identity. Please don’t disregard.

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BOMBARDED: TV weatherman falls victim to a snowball attack while reporting on wintry weather in Iraq.

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We hebben de Zilveren Camera voor Storytelling gewonnen met @BigVillageStory !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hoi uit Riwandiz, Koerdistan.

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Check on your Kurdish friends. We are not okay, to say the least.

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Hoe kan het dat het 2018 is en de studio bij NOS vol zit met alleen maar mannen die over voetbal praten? Vijf mannen en een hond. Een hond. Maar geen enkele vrouw.

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This woman sings in Kurdish in a Kurdish city. There’s no such thing as freedom without inclusion. No justice until all are free. No peace without truth. In all the good you do Masih, it’s painful watching you fight gender apartheid by punching it in the face with ethnic erasure.

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In an Islamic regime, singing as a woman is forbidden. Showing your hair is forbidden. Being a woman is a crime. Yet, here we see the bravery of Iranian women. This one removes her hijab, sings openly, and challenges the gender apartheid, supported by many. #WomanLifeFreedom

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Sardasht. ♥️

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The Kurdish city of Mariwan today. When IRGC comes knocking at your door, how are you going to answer. This is how they come and arrest protesters. Look at this army of men entering this woman’s house. Look at the miserable state of this regime. Same method for endless decades.

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In Kermashan, protesters are in heavy conflict with regime forces. Yet you can still hear them chant.

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5 years

Oh, Rojhelat. Dilîmin.

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Our history is a constant rerun of betrayal.

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My beloved Sardasht. My paternal hometown. The man you hear is relieved to hear revolutionary songs out of the mosque’s speakers. Sardasht is out this night supporting Mahabad. Many cities in Kurdistan are out. They are under heavy attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s troops.

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2 years

Kurdish women protest unveiled and in traditional dresses — here with the ✌🏽sign we see elsewhere in Kurdistan, too — simultaneously. Because they rise up against religious, dictatorial patriarchy ánd brutal ethnic oppression. That’s their intersection.

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We’re not even two weeks into 2023. The Islamic Republic has already executed ten Kurdish men — not all related to the protests, but please don’t forget ‘normal’ executions continue, too.

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Erdogan is op visite in Duitsland. Merkel kijkt verdomme toe hoe een journalist haar pand uit wordt gesleurd omdat hij een t-shirt draagt waarmee hij om persvrijheid vraagt in Turkije. Alle andere journalisten hadden weg moeten lopen.

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2 years

Wil de beelden niet delen, de gruwel is onvoorstelbaar groot. Vandaag zijn bij een Turkse operatie in Zuid-Koerdistan in Noord-Irak tientallen burgers, met name Arabische toeristen uit het zuiden, gedood. Ondanks dat dit ons nieuws waarschijnlijk niet haalt, is dat niet normaal.

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4 years

On this day in 1987 Sardasht in Iranian Kurdistan got heavily attacked with chemicals. This part of the genocide on Kurds is barely ever mentioned or remembered. Half my family was there. Relatives and friends are forever wounded.

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Beri Shalmashi

4 years

Wakker worden. Jezelf zien op de cover, tussen twee koninginnen. Hoe is jullie ochtend?

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1 year

They hung Mohsen Shekari in Tehran today. He was 23. It’s the fortieth day of Komar Daroftadeh in Piranshar. He was 16. I’ll never forget his father’s speech. And Hooman Abdullahi is buried in Sine (Sanandaj) today. He was 21. This is Sarina Sahed’s fortieth in Sine. She was 16.

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Beri Shalmashi

5 years

Wij Koerden zijn echt te aardig.

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2 years

Deze dagen zijn ook uitputtend voor de miljoenen Iraniërs buiten Iran. Je bestaan lang leef je met de hoop op verandering daar, ‘thuis’. En met vrees. Dat het nooit gaat komen. Maar we moeten blijven hopen. Zodat zij daar, dicht op het vuur, blijven hopen.

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Came across this very valuable video from 1979. @jonsnowC4 reporting from Mahabad and Sine in what he interestingly calls Iranian Kurdistan, which really shows a fair understanding of the situation back then. Sadly we were closer to rights for Kurdish people then than we are now.

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