- 6 Nov 2018 – Two Kurdish women were executed on Monday for “sexual intercourse.” The Islamic regime laws prohibits sexual relations without marriage. The Islamic court in West Azerbaijan Province sentenced the women after they were arrested in 2017.
- At least five Kurdish activists were arrested by Iranian intelligence during ongoing raids last week, according to local human rights organizations. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Association Association (KMMK) three Kurds were arrested in Shino (Oshnavieh) and taken to an undisclosed location on two different raids. In addition, the wife of jailed Kurdish activist Zaniar Dabaghian was also arrested in Sanandaj, according to Hengaw for Human Rights. The Iranian intelligence office (Ettela’at) also threatened the family of Kawa Saqqazy, a Kurdish activist who fled to Iraqi Kurdistan. The KMMK said the Ettela’at told Saqqazy’s family that will either be assassinated or captured, along with his wife, and forced to return to Iran to stand trial.
- In the past week, Iranian border guards ambushed a number of border porters (Kolbars) near Azgala-Kermanshah. The attacks resulted in the death of one Kurdish Kolbar and the injury of two more. The wounded Kolbars are in critical conditions. One Kolbar from Urmia lost his life after been hospitalized when border guards shot him three weeks ago. According to the Hengaw Organization, in October alone, eight Kolbars have been killed by direct fire from Iranian Border guards while 17 were injured and another died of frostbite.
- After a new wave of sanctions by the U.S. against the Iranian regime, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will be following the federal government’s decision. Trade between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran continued on Monday, November 5; however, there was a significant decrease in exported goods – mainly because of Iran’s ban on certain goods. Iraq is part of the nine countries exempted from the sanctions on Iran.
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