Kurdish Women in the Crosshairs: Iran’s War Against Rojhilat and Bashur
The escalation of the armed conflict between Iran and the US and Israel particularly affects Kurdish women: female fighters from opposition parties in camps in northern Iraq (Bashur), political prisoners in Iranian prisons, and civilians in Rojhilat, the Iranian part of Kurdistan. The pattern is not new, but the war has given it renewed urgency and increased brutality.