Iranian Kurdistan

Iranian Kurdistan and Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, romanized: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê), also called Rojhelat, are unofficial names for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds. Geographically, it includes the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and parts of the provinces of Ilam, Hamadan and Lorestan.

It has also been a centre of repeated Kurdish political mobilization in Iran, including the short lived Republic of Mahabad in 1946 and later armed conflict with the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution.

The region has long been marked by discrimination, militarization, and political repression, with Kurdish activists and people suspected of links to Kurdish opposition groups facing arrest, torture, and severe sentences.

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