PDKI leader Mustafa Hijri delivered a speech at the Global Progressive Mobilisation conference in Barcelona. At the event on 17–18 April, the Progressive Alliance brought together progressive leaders from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and beyond […]
On March 1st, Mr. Mustafa Hijri, the head of the PDKI’s executive center, presented the following speech at the Danish Parliament. Ladies and Gentlemen, Since the beginning of the 20th century, the dominant model of state-building in the multinational […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, We are witnessing an uprising in Iran that is unprecedented for several reasons. First, peaceful demonstrations have taken place in all 31 provinces of the country. While millions of people took part in the demonstrations of 2009, […]
In response to Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attack on the headquarters of Kurdish political parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Mustafa Hijri, head of the executive center of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, sent the following […]
On the evening of the 9th of July 2019, a ceremony was organized by PDKI in Brussels to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent Kurdish leaders and former General-Secretary of […]
PDKI leader Mustafa Hijri addressed the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington DC on 11 June, 2018. A transcript of Hijri’s speech follows. Due to a long tradition of state centralization in combination with the decisive role of the ideology […]
Today, September 15, PDKI organized a rally in support of Southern Kurdistan’s independence referendum in one of its bases outside of Hawler (Erbil), the capital of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. PDKI’s leadership, Peshmerga, cadre and members took part in the rally […]
Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, visited the PDK’s Peshmerga Forces in the Zagros Mountains. In a speech, he praised the Peshmerga Forces for their determination in fighting for the liberation of the Kurdish nation, as well as for freedom, […]
PDKI held its 18th leadership meeting at a secret location in August 2017 due to Iranian terrorist threats. In the meeting, PDKI’s leadership decided to strengthen and expand Rasan – the past years reinvigorated struggle in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. The […]
The Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran, CNFI, held a conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Representatives of various opposition groups, in particular those of the different nations in Iran, attended the conference. Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, gave a […]
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