From generation to generation: The art of Tanbur in Kermanshah

Tanbur, a long-necked fretted lute, is an inseparable part of the lives of the Kurds in Iran, so much so that the children learn how to play it before they learn how to read and write.

UNESCO assessors to visit Uraman landscape in western Iran

TEHRAN - A team of experts affiliated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is scheduled to visit Iran assessing Uraman landscape for possibly listing of the historical region as a World Heritage.

MP calls on Iran, Russia to mediate and prevent massacre of people in northern Syria

TEHRAN – A member of the Iranian Parliament has suggested that influential countries, including Iran and Russian, mediate and persuade Turkey to halt military operation in northern Syria in order to prevent a fresh human catastrophe, ISNA reported on Saturday.

Iranian artists ask Turkish counterparts to stop Erdogan’s war machine  

TEHRAN – A group of 106 Iranian artists and filmmakers has asked their Turkish counterparts to oppose Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assault on the Kurds in Syria.

Iran has good ties with Iraqi ethnic groups: diplomat

TEHRAN - Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, said on Monday that Iran has good relations with all the ethnic groups in Iraq.

By Farzad Farhadi 

Afrin war a rude awakening for Kurds 

TEHRAN - On January 20, 2018, Turkey and the Free Syrian Army launched an air and ground strike in the Afrin Region of Syria, a Kurdish controlled enclave located northwest of the country.  

Kurds’ defeat in Kirkuk foiled Barzani’s plot: top advisor

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Supreme Leader, said on Monday that the Kurdish forces’ defeat in Kirkuk foiled a dangerous plot hatched by Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani against the region.

Kurds won’t pursue independence if they’re wise: ex-defense chief

TEHRAN – Iran’s former defense minister on Saturday said the Iraqi Kurds would not pursue independence if they have any “wisdom”, Tasnim reported.

Iraq's Turkmen areas become battlefield in Kurdish referendum debate

The Iraqi Turkmen Front, the largest political party representing the minority Turkmen ethnic group, has reiterated its objection to the Kurdistan referendum scheduled for Sept. 25.

Kurdistan referendum will isolate Kurds: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani said on Monday that holding a referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence would lead to the isolation of the Kurdish people of that country.

By Javad Heirannia

Divided Kurds have conflicting agendas: SISU professor 

TEHRAN - A professor of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) says “Kurds are divided into many factions with overlapping territorial aspirations and conflicting social agendas.”

Military expert: Syrian army not to allow Turkish army, Kurds to seize control of al-Bab

TEHRAN - A senior military expert underlined that the Syrian army will not let the Turkish army or Kurdish forces to win control of the strategic city of al-Bab in Northern Aleppo province.