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The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd
By Anahit Khatchikian On 13 July 1989, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and respected Kurdish intellectual in the West, was assassinated by Iranian… Read more
Ghassemlou the Wise: Passionate Ambassador of a Desperate Cause
Posted on Medya News on 13 July 2011 Marc Kravetz (Translated from Libération, August 7, 1989) Abdel Rahman Ghassemlou, murdered in Vienna on July 13th 1989, was in every way an… Read more
‘A European Woman in the Land of the Kurds’ – Ghassemlou’s Widow Writes her Memoir
By Sissy Danninger: Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou’s widow publishes her memoir 29 May 2011 (Kurdistan Tribune) 22 years have passed since Abdol Rahman Ghassemlou was slaughtered, on 13 July 1989, during secret… Read more
Carol Prunhuber about her book on Dr. Ghassemlou
CAPITOL TALK May 23, 2011 The recent wave of protests in the Middle East that has challenged autocratic and corrupt governments, reminds me of the successive Kurdish rebellions in Iran… Read more
The life and death of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930-1989)
Abdul Rahman GHASSEMLOU MAN of PEACE and DIALOGUE Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), was born on 22 December 1930 in Ourmiah, Kurdistan…. Read more
The Life and Death of Dr. Mohammad Sadegh SHARAFKANDI (1938-1992)
Dr. Sharafkandi was born on January 1st, 1938, in the Bokan region of Iranian Kurdistan. He spent two years of his elementary studies in his native village, then his family… Read more
