Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, March 20, 2026 (AFP) - Iranian Kurds long for home as they mark Nowruz in Iraq

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2026-03-20

In Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, women perform a traditional dance, their long dresses spinning, gold tassels and heavy necklaces catching the firelight, as smaller crowds than usual celebrate Nowruz, overshadowed by the Middle East conflict. Among them were Iranian Kurds Sirwa Mustafazada and Kwestan Aminpana, who fled their home country as a result of their activism in 2018. After three weeks of war, they share the same yearning: "Next year......

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