- On Sunday, October 15, teachers across Iran, including the Kurdish region, held a general strike. The teachers’ strike was in protest of the living conditions and the economic crises caused by the Iranian regime. In the Kurdish region, the strikes extended into Monday, amid threats from Iranian security forces that they would arrest organizers (including school principals). Many of the Kurdish cities who participated in the teachers’ strike included Ilam, Marivan, Saqqaz, Sanandaj, and Javanrud.
- Iranian intelligence continues to imprison a prominent female Kurdish poet and activist Mina Rad after she was detained on October 6. Rad is from Dorud city in Lorestan Province. Prior to her arrest, she was called by Iranian intelligence office (Ettela’at) on several occasion for her activism in defense of youth and children against the police abuse and other Iranian regime personnel’s oppressive actions.
- On Sunday, Iranian border guards shot a group of Kurdish border Porters(Kolbars) near Piranshahr on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Association (KMMK), a Kurdish man, Kawa Dashmir, was severely injured by Iranian border guards. In another incident, on Saturday, October 13, a Kolbar was also injured near Baryaji district- Sardasht city after a raid by Iranian border guards. In Mahabad, a Kolbar was shot by the police and was taken to the hospital where he remains in serious condition.
- On October 12, clashes occurred between a Kurdish opposition group and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). Following the clashes, the opposition group, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), released a statement claiming responsibility for the attacks on the IRGC. The KDPI statement said that “at least three members of the IRGC were killed and several others were injured.” According to the KDPI the clashes took place near Pawa city in Kermanshah Province. The KDPI also announced the death of two of Peshmergas in the clashes. In addition, the Kurdish opposition group accused the IRGC of heavy weapon bombardment and the killing a civilian. More via www.mesop.de