To mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan, the PDKI’s foreign office in Switzerland organised a commemorative event. Several Swiss political figures attended the ceremony, including Carlo Sommaruga and Fabian Molina, who sit on the […]
On Monday, January 19, 2026, the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran convened for its sixth plenum. During the session, members reviewed the current situation in Iran following the uprising, the opposition’s stance toward the Islamic Republic, […]
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, a seminar on the current situation in Iran was held in the United Kingdom, organized by MP Luke Akehurst, a long-standing friend of the Kurdish people and, in particular, of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of […]
On Wednesday, 14 January, Kani Jahangiri, the PDKI representative to France, held a meeting at the French National Assembly in Paris with Ana Pigue, a Socialist Party parliamentarian; Dylan Boutiflat, the National Secretary of the Socialist Party for International Relations; […]
On January 5, 2026, seven political parties from the Dialogue Center for Inter-Party Cooperation in Iranian Kurdistan gathered for a high-level meeting. They discussed recent political events in Iran and the current situation in Kurdistan. The participants expressed their full […]
To the attention of: – The Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on […]
In the final days of 2025, a new wave of popular protests has erupted in major cities across Iran. These demonstrations are fuelled by deepening economic hardship, soaring inflation, and widespread political discontent. Thus, it is important to consider that […]
On Thursday, November 21, 2025, a delegation from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) met with Daniel Attard, a member of the European Parliament. The delegation included Hesam Dastpish and Aso Azizi, who are the PDKI’s representatives to the […]
A delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI), led by Dr Sozan Fattahi, participated in the Progressive Alliance Women’s Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday 25 October 2025. The conference’s theme was ‘Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing […]
The Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI) successfully hosted a two-day symposium titled “The Future of Kurdish Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities” on October 24–25, 2025. The event, held in Switzerland, brought together party officials, […]
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