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Between Erdogan and the Ayatollahs, These Women Lead the Kurdish Battle for Freedom

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Karlos Zurutuza
Iran-Iraq border
Karlos Zurutuza
Iran-Iraq border

IRAN-IRAQ BORDER — It's been an hour since the road disappeared under our wheels, but we still manage to maneuver across mud tracks that the torrential rains of the last days left almost impassable. Both the driver and his companion are members of the Assembly of Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), a guerrilla group formed mainly by Iranian Kurds, which has waged an armed struggle against the Iranian government since 2004. Actually, their house is not far from this steep valley in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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