Sardasht Hawar Azizi

Voice for the Silenced

Documenting oppression and honouring those silenced by the Iranian regime through personal stories and truth.

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Kurdish Voices Silenced

Exposing the brutal oppression of Kurdish identity by the Iranian regime through language, arrests, and executions.

Kurdish Voices Silenced: A Call

I expose the Iranian regime's oppression of Kurdish people, highlighting banned language, arrests, and executions. Their identity is criminalised, yet resilience and resistance endure among the Kurdish community.

My Mission

I stand against the silencing of Kurdish voices, advocating for justice and remembrance. The struggle continues, and the spirit of the Kurdish people remains unbroken despite the regime's brutality.

My Vision

Our culture, language, and identity will endure and be remembered. We continue to resist fear and oppression with resilience and solidarity.

Mission Vision
Silenced Voices

Silenced Voices

For decades, the Iranian regime has treated Kurdish identity like a threat. Speaking Kurdish in schools is banned. Our culture is erased, our voices ignored. Writers, poets, and teachers are arrested simply for using their language. This isn’t just censorship, it’s an attempt to destroy who we are. But even in silence, we remember. Even in fear, we speak.

Human Rights

Kurds in Iran have faced systematic human rights violations for decades. Peaceful activists are arrested without trial. Some are tortured. Others simply vanish, taken in the night and never seen again. Many have been executed for nothing more than demanding dignity. These are not isolated cases. This is a pattern. A policy. A silence enforced through fear. And it continues today. Documenting these abuses is not just about justice, it’s about refusing to let these stories disappear.

Human Rights
Cultural Erasure

Cultural Erasure

In Iran, simply being Kurdish can make you a target. The government has spent decades trying to erase Kurdish identity, banning our language in schools, silencing our writers, destroying cultural events, and censoring even our songs. Wearing traditional clothes, speaking Sorani, or carrying a Kurdish flag can be seen as a threat. Our culture is not allowed to grow; it is punished. But despite every attempt to erase us, we continue to speak, remember, and resist.

Resilience

Despite decades of persecution, the Kurdish people have never stopped resisting. Our songs are still sung. Our language is still spoken. Our history is still told, even in whispers. In the face of arrests, executions, and exile, Kurds continue to hold on to who we are. We honour those we’ve lost, stand for those who can’t speak, and protect the culture others tried to erase. Our resilience is not just survival — it is strength.

Resilience

The Mountain Still Lives in Me

I was seven years old when, for the first time, I ascended the small hill behind my grandfather's house in Paveh (Mansur Agha)...

I did not leave Iran voluntarily. I was pushed out, not in terms of fear, but in terms of certainty...

I have lived in the United Kingdom since 2019. Year by year, I've adapted to what's here. The systems, streets, and people have become my own by now. Now, I speak the language, help out as and when possible, and exist day by day as a part of this nation. It hasn't been easy, but it has been possible. I've built a new life, not because I desired to do it, but because there was no choice for me. I state this with utmost conviction: going back to Iran would be a death warrant. My political views are no secret now. I have criticised the regime on the internet. I have joined demonstrations in the UK. My photo, my voice, and my name are no longer anonymous. If I go back, I would be imprisoned, tortured, and most probably would simply vanish as have countless others who have spoken up before me.

That’s not speculation — that’s the reality for ethnic minorities and political activists in Iran...

I do not write with anger or bitterness. My wish is only for my words and existence to be understood...

I will not go back into the mountains of my childhood. I have accepted this...

Why I Speak

I did not learn freedom of expression as a child. Silence was the preferred option for a Kurd in Iran...

I am now speaking because previously, I couldn’t...

I am not a politician nor an activist. I am simply a person who has had to abandon everything...

Since I arrived in the UK, I've attempted to rebuild my life. But the memories do not fade...

I speak because others are unable. And since I am able, I feel compelled.

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