Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Religious extremists have continued to attack solo female artists in Kermanshah as the head of Qom Seminary Teachers Society (QSTS) has been demanding more restraints on "such unlawful acts” in a public letter to local governor.   Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that on 29 January of this year at the conference of of Iran’s Architectural History, the Dayrak Khatoon’s music group performed a short piece of...

Kurdish music band 'Dayrak Khatoon' has been banned from performing live at the 'International Festival of Tribal Music', which is held between 19 to 22 January in Kermanshah. The band was scheduled to perform on 21 January, but the Iranian authorities have simply banned it. on the pretext of the presence of women members in the band. The Kurdish group held a concert a few...