Kurds in Iran constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around 9 and 10 million people.
Iranian Kurds in Marivan protest against ISIL during the Siege of Kobanî, 6 October 2014
Kurdish is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.
Road signs near Diyarbakır showing the place names in Turkish and Kurdish