Female Peshmerga Fighters In The Mountains - Iraq

Gule, 60, sits inside a fortified shelter in Erbil, Iraq, on June 23, 2023. She joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran in 1989 after repeated arrests by the Iranian regime due to her political activities and support for the Peshmerga. A significant number of Kurdish women have joined the Peshmerga, viewing exile and armed resistance as their only means of challenging the Iranian regime and asserting their rights. Photo by Keiwan Fatehi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM