Barham Salih is sworn in as the new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, taking on one of the world’s most demanding human rights roles at a time of deep global crisis.
What do Kurdish movements actually want for Iran’s future, and can bombing bring liberation?
Host Elif Sarican speaks with Professor Shahrzad Mojab about Iran’s crisis, the weaponisation of liberation narratives, and the story claiming the CIA is arming Iranian Kurdish forces. link in comments👇
Local sources in Iran tell The Amargi that war is driving up food prices, deepening fear, and fuelling more nationalist sentiment. In Kurdish areas, people fear both economic collapse and what could follow politically once the fighting ends. ✍️ Gordyaen Benyamin
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Ekrem İmamoğlu’s corruption trial opened with immediate clashes over the judges, courtroom procedure, and judicial independence. After defence lawyers sought the full panel’s recusal, the court refused. ✍️ Serap Güneş
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Russia condemned the attack on Iran, but offered little beyond rhetoric. In this opinion piece, Gerald Mako argues that Moscow’s restraint exposes the limits of authoritarian alliances, in which shared interests matter but mutual sacrifice does not.
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Rojava still resonates far beyond northern Syria. For many Kurds in Europe and their allies, its women-led, grassroots model remains a political alternative to authoritarianism, war, and the rise of the far right.✍️ Rosa-Jiyan T
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Raqqa’s fall was not only a military defeat. In William Duppel Alonso’s account, it shattered a fragile Arab-Kurd coexistence built after ISIS, leaving behind displacement, killings, and the collapse of trust in a shared political future.
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Oil surged to $119, then dropped back within hours as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran rattled global markets. The volatility reflects fears over the Strait of Hormuz, as well as growing tension between Washington and Jerusalem over how far the war should go.
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Turkey says it has not allowed its bases or airspace to be used in attacks on Iran. But criticism is growing from both the opposition and Islamist circles, who say Ankara’s response has been too cautious and too unclear as the war escalates. ✍️ Serap Güneş
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In İzmir, a 16-year-old was arrested for a hair braiding video tied to Rojava, lawyers say strip searches occurred in custody. Advocates argue it reflects wider patterns of state violence affecting children, from detention to child labour.✍️ Şilan Bingöl
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An integration deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the SDF may decide the future of the YPJ, women’s councils, and legal protections built in northeastern Syria since 2012. Women’s groups say key guarantees remain absent. ✍️ Isabel Krokat
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Sources told The Amargi that Tehran is trying to keep Iranian Kurdish parties out of the war, while some Kurdish groups remain in contact with the US about possible cooperation. ✍️ Ammar Goli
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In Gaza, Ramadan unfolds under a fragile ceasefire, mass displacement, and severe food insecurity. For many families, iftar now means tents, aid kitchens, and grief, as the war continues to shape daily life. ✍️ Sarah Emad al-Zaq
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Ekrem İmamoğlu, Erdoğan’s main rival for 2028, is facing 142 charges as his corruption trial opens in Istanbul. Critics say the case is part of a broader effort to sideline Turkey’s opposition ahead of the next presidential race. ✍️ Serap Güneş
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For a brief moment after 1979, Kurdish towns in Iran governed themselves through local councils. Rojin Mukriyan revisits how Khomeini’s state crushed that experiment in 1980, making Kurdistan one of the Islamic Republic’s first battlefields.
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A prince is not a transition plan. Dilek Çelebi argues that post-crisis Iran will be shaped by whoever can control security, institutions, and legitimacy, not by exile symbolism or royal nostalgia.
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Iran has entered its first leadership change since 1989. On 8 March 2026, the Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader, a decision that raises fresh questions about legitimacy, succession, & hereditary rule in the Islamic Republic. ✍️ Kawe Fatehi
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Iraqi Kurdistan has been hit by 196 drone and missile attacks since 28 February, according to a local monitor. Renwar Najm reports on the latest strikes in Erbil and Sulaimaniyah, and how the region is being drawn deeper into a war it says it does not want.
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She said if something happened to her, it would not be suicide. On International Women’s Day, this story examines how the deaths of Fatmanur Çelik and her daughter Hifa exposed femicide, impunity, and state failure in Turkey. ✍️ Şilan Bingöl
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For Iran’s Kurds, the question is not simply whether to cooperate with Washington. Sara Kermanian argues that both alignment and refusal may carry existential risks unless any deal includes real guarantees for Kurdish self-defence and rights.
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Trump’s outreach to Kurdish leaders has revived an old question: when Washington asks for Kurdish help, what guarantees follow?
Michael Rubin tells Kamal Chomani that Iran’s war endgame is still unclear, and Kurdish actors may again be asked to carry the risk.
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- and using shell companies to block payment over a failed spyware-related deal.
#SCOOP: A New York-based surveillance technology contractor has filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $400 million from KRG PM Masrour Barzani, his brother, Waysi Barzani, and others, accusing them of fraud, contract interference, extortion, -
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raqi Kurdistan is at a historical crossroads. Renwar Najm reports on growing pressure on the Kurdistan Region to choose between Washington and Tehran, a dilemma that could threaten its autonomy, infrastructure, and fragile stability for years.
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Amna Suraka once symbolised Saddam Hussein’s repression in Slemani. Thirty-five years after the 1991 uprising, the former prison stands as a memorial to torture, political violence, and the survivors who carried its history beyond its walls.✍️ Diary Marif
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Kurdistan’s Unit 70 and Unit 80 are now under the Peshmerga Ministry, yet critics say the forces remain politically divided, with separate command zones and partisan loyalties ✍️ Farman Rashad
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A Swiss court rejected the asylum claim of a Turkish woman and her three children despite confirming severe domestic violence and documented abuse, including sexual abuse of the son. The family now faces deportation to Turkey as appeals continue. ✍️ Serap Gunes
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Germany is not joining the war militarily, but Chancellor Merz backed the U.S. and Israel politically, arguing “legal assessments have relatively little impact” and saying this is “not the moment to lecture our partners and allies” on legality.
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This column argues Israel is a proxy within U.S. imperial strategy, not the puppet master of U.S. foreign policy. Lobby power matters, but Washington’s priorities, primacy, energy routes, and Iran containment drive the alignment. ✍️ Inderjeet Parmar & Bamo Nouri
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