Iranian Kurds long for home as they mark Nowruz in Iraq

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 we will be back." "We have lived all this time with this hope," said Mustafazada, 32, who fled the city of Mahabad in western Iran. Falling on the equinox in March, Nowruz -- the Persian New Year also celebrated by Kurdish communities in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran -- is typically marked by weeks...