Extensive deployment of Iranian forces along the borders of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region; reports

Siavash Alak killed in Mahabad; protest gathering outside a hospital

Armed clashes in Piranshahr and Sardasht; members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and anti–Islamic Republic forces killed

Lara Loomer called for Israel’s army to bomb Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession

Supsida Kashani’s husband and sister detained again as her father’s condition worsens

The return of the shadow of war to Kurdistan; fresh attacks and the killing of 11 members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party