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Iran is in turmoil. The Iranian government’s use of violence in quashing protests in the country is excessive and escalating, and the death toll of protesters killed by Iranian police and the Basij militia forces is rising day by day. However, the severity of the response and the deterioration of human right rights in Iran differ between regions. For instance, the Iranian provinces of Kurdistan and Sistan and Baluchistan are highly affected by the ongoing protests and the regime’s crackdown. This paper argues that Kurds in Iran have been the victims of particular forms of violations of their human and national rights, during the country’s current uprisings, which began following protests against the Iranian morality police’s brutal murder of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina (Mahsa) Amini in September. This oppression inside Iran has been echoed in the diaspora, with the attempted silencing of Kurdish voices by some …