Kurdistan is now the refuge of these new exiles.
Faced with the brutality of the regime, more and more Iranians are crossing the border to join the Kurdish commandos and bring down the mullahs' regime.
Among them, there are also women, determined to fight it out.
To meet them, you have to cross the Kurdish mountains and reach a secret place just a few kilometers from the Iranian border.
Within the experienced commando, Sadia, 18, and Nour, 25, are new and are training in the use of weapons.
Both are Iranian.
One is Kurdish, the other is not.
They arrived two weeks ago and are wanted by the authorities for demonstrating against the regime after the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Weapons and poems against brutality
While waiting to return to Iran, to fight for their freedom, they address a poem to Iran, their country:
"Against this killer state. This killer state scared of mere pens. This killer state that shoots at our people.
He tries to stop us because he is afraid that our voices will be heard beyond these borders.
In the cold and the rain, under the din of bombs and missiles, the sun has nevertheless risen and with it hope.
It is for this hope that for years our people have given their blood.
Freedom, independence, we will take you back from this occupied state."
Other exiles do not take up arms and resist in silence for freedom...and also to find peace.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, this is what Iranian families are looking for who have left their country in haste, now settled in makeshift, isolated and basic comfort dwellings.
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