December
11, 2007
Tehran, -- Four Kurdish students, who called
for human rights for their ethnic group at a
university protest, have been arrested in Iran.
Mohammad Saleh Abuman, Farshad Doostipour, Javad
Alizadeh and Sohrab Karimi,www.ekurd.net
spoke in support of
human rights for ethnic Kurds during a protest that
drew 1500 young people at the University of Tehran
on Sunday.
They also called for the immediate release of four
jailed Kurdish journalists, three students and one
female Kurd, and the suspension of the death penalty
imposed on Adnan Hassanpour.
Hassanpour, a journalist from the weekly newspaper
Asu (The Wave) was sentenced to death on 17 July by
an Islamic court for being an "enemy of Allah".
Hassanpour and another Kurdish journalist,www.ekurd.net
Hiwa Boutimar, received
the City of Siena -Isf award for freedom of the
press on 30 November.
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Īranź or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan)) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
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Iranian Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Īranź or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
Kurdistan (East of Kurdistan)) is an unofficial name
for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey. It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
cultural-geographical area called Kurdistan.
More about Iranian Kurdistan
KDPI
The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in Kurdish
(Hīzbī Dźmokiratī Kurdistanī Źran) is a Kurdish
opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks
the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a
democratic federal republic of Iran.
The current
General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian
Kurdistan is Mustafa Hijri
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