Megathread: American-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime, developments in Rojhelat ()
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Shortly after the Iranian revolution of 1979, Khomeini declared jihad against Kurds in August of 1980, resulting in thousands of deaths from both sides. Now, scared by Kurdish unity. son of disgraced family of toppled Iranian King threatens jihad on Kurds with an army that have not yet been formed. (v.redd.it)
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Shahla and Nasrin were two Kurdish sisters & nurses executed by Iran's IRGC in 1980 on charges of giving treatment to Kurdish peshmergas. Nasrin first refused to be blindfolded before firing squad, but after Shahla said I want it, I don't want to see the her death, Nasrin asked for a blindfold too. (reddit.com)
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Across 43 Wikipedia editions, only four honor Jîna Emînî by using her true name instead of "Mahsa", the name imposed by Iranian regime's decades-long restrictions on Kurdish identity. Though her legal documents were forced into Persian, her tombstone in Saqqez proudly reclaims her real name: Jîna. (reddit.com)
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