Amnesty: Iran frees American-born student Nov 13, 2008
Ronak Safarzadeh was arrested in October 2007 and charged with enmity with God, a charge akin to treason, and is being held in Sanandaj Prison; Hana Abdi, 21, recently was sentenced to 18 months at Sanandaj for gathering and colluding to commit a crime against national security; and Zeynab Beyezidi, 26, was sentenced in August to four years at Mahabad Central Prison for belonging to an illegal group, the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, Auerbach said. As of Tuesday morning, the Iranian... (CNN -- World)
Amnesty International Urges Iran to End Discrimination Against its Kurdish Community Jul 30, 2008
Psychology student Hana Abdi was arrested on November 4, 2007 at her grandfather's home in Sanandaj ... According to her lawyer, Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj convicted her of "gathering and colluding to commit a crime against national security." She is a member of the Campaign for Equality, an Iranian women's rights initiative that is seeking an end to legalized discrimination against women in Iran. (PR Newswire)
Report: Iran Minors Sentenced To Death Jun 18, 2008
Hassanzadeh, born in 1992, was sentenced to death when he was only 15 years old, and was hanged in the town of Sanandaj when he was still under the age of 18. Shojaii was hanged for a crime he committed when he was 16 in 2005, the group said. (CBS News -- World)
Iran executes juvenile offender Jun 13, 2008
Hassanzadeh was hanged in Sanandaj prison on Tuesday, Kargozaran newspaper reported on Thursday. The paper said Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi had advised the local court to "settle the issue through reconciliation". (BBC News -- Africa)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Iran Blames Kurds for Attacks Dec 3, 2007
On Dec. 1 a bomb exploded in the heavily-populated downtown area of Sanandaj, a major city in Iranian Kurdistan ... A PJAK liaison representative in Washington, D.C. denied that the group had any involvement in the Sanandaj explosion, calling the allegations an Iranian fabrication. (Newsmax)
Kurdish dreams find a foothold in Iraq Oct 13, 2007
Satellite television channels have sprouted, linking Kurds here in Irbil with those in the city of Diyarbakir in Turkey, Sanandaj in Iran and Qamishli in Syria as well as Stockholm and the San Francisco Bay Area. Two international airports have been opened since the U.S.-led invasion. (Los Angeles Times)
Hoffa Commends House for Support of Jailed Iranian Union Leaders Oct 3, 2007
"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must end this persecution of labor leaders." Salehi, founder of the Saghez Bakery Workers Association, has been jailed in the Sanandaj prison since April 9 without access to the dialysis treatment he desperately needs. Osanloo, president of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs (Vahed) Bus Company, is being held in Iran's notorious Evin prison after a gangster-style arrest on July 10. (PR Newswire)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Watchdog asks U.N. to help reporters Aug 15, 2007
They were deemed activists and later arrested after Kurds protested in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, in 2005. Last month, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi said the two were sentenced to death on the charge of "moharebeh," a term Iran uses to describe a major crime against Islam and the state, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
IRAN BLACKS OUT DAY OF PROTEST Aug 14, 2007
Several other major cities saw similar demonstrations, including Ahvaz, Arak, Sanandaj, Shiraz and Tabriz. Everywhere, the protesters took care to keep their actions within the law. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Two Kurdish reporters in Iran sentenced to death Aug 2, 2007
The journalists were deemed activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, which borders Iraq. They were detained after Kurds protested in Sanandaj in 2005. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran Sentences Two Journalists To Death Aug 1, 2007
The journalists were deemed activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, bordering Iraq. They were detained after Kurds protested in Sanandaj in 2005 ... The journalists were deemed activists in Sanandaj, the capital of the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, bordering Iraq. (CBS News)
A SPECTER IS HAUNTING IRAN Aug 1, 2007
Mahmoud Salehi, leader of the Union of Bakery Workers in Sanandaj, the capital of Iranian Kurdistan, was arrested April 9. Security men raided his home, beat up his family and carried him to an unknown destination. (New York Post -- Opinions)
After 28-year wait, a photographer gets his Pulitzer Prize May 28, 2007
In 1979, a photographer stood nearby as executioners shot Kurdish prisoners in Sanandaj, Iran. A picture he took for an Iranian newspaper was picked up by United Press International and published worldwide. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
At last, Iranian photographer collects Pulitzer medal May 28, 2007
In 1979, an Iranian photographer stood near executioners as they shot Kurdish prisoners - some of them blindfolded - in Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province. One of the pictures he took for an Iranian newspaper was picked up by the wire service United Press International and published around the world. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
'Anonymous' 1980 Pulitzer Winner Will Finally Get His Award May 18, 2007
After attending a quick trial, with no evidence, at a municipal airport in the Kurdistan capital of Sanandaj, Razmi followed the prisoners to a nearby dirt airfield and stood behind one of the gunmen, taking some 27 images as the killings occurred. Eventually, after appearing in Ettela'at without named credit, the image was picked up by UPI, later running on Aug. 29, 1979 in papers ranging from The New York Times to Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel, Prager reported. (MediaWeek.com)
full report archive Apr 29, 2007
" The crux of Kabul's rejection of fences or other barriers is that such measures would presumably lend legitimacy to a boundary that Afghanistan does not officially recognize (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," January 15, 2007). AT FRENCH HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN REPORTEDLY ALIVE Two French hostages held by the Taliban are alive and in good health, AFP reported on April 26. Yusof Ahmadi, speaking for the Taliban, told the news agency that the two are "eating well," adding that they are "guests"... (Radio Free Europe)
POSTCARD FROM... Mar 24, 2007
I joined the family Noruz celebration on Wednesday of an Iraqi Kurdish friend, who had several relatives (also Kurds) visiting from Sanandaj in Iran. Over lunch, they complained that oppression by the Iranian government has accelerated dramatically under the current government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Time.com)
