The 13th of July marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent leaders of the Kurdish nation and former General-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), along with his aide […]
On Tuesday the 9th of July 2019, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), together with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), organised a series of events to address the continuing human rights violations against Kurds by the Islamic […]
The political and security situation in Iran has in many respects worsened in the past several years. This is especially the case with respect to the plight of the non-Persian nations. Iran has during the past four decades systematically targeted […]
In response to the Iranian regime’s closure of the border between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan, a general strike has entered its first week. The Iranian regime has closed the borders between the two parts of Kurdistan in order to […]
In a letter, Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region, thanked the PDKI and Mustafa Hijri for supporting the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. A translation of the letter is provided below: My Dear Brother Mustafa Hijri, I […]
According to preliminary reports from eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan, the Iranian regime has arrested scores of Kurdish civilians in the wake of demonstrations in support of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s independence referendum, held on September 25. A source within the Iranian regime […]
The Kurdish nation in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan turned out in the thousands to express solidarity with southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s historic independence referendum. The people of eastern Kurdistan headed PDKI’s call for public demonstrations in support of the Kurdish nation’s right […]
A delegation from HAK-PAR from northern (Turkish) Kurdistan visited PDKI’s diplomatic mission in Hewler (Erbil) to discuss southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s upcoming independence referendum. During the meeting Mohammed Saleh Qaderi, PDKI’s representative to Hewler, outlined the party’s position on the independence […]
A delegation from southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP visited PDKI’s leadership to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and the Kurdish issue. The KDP delegation, headed by Hiwa Ahmed Mustafa, was received by a PDKI delegation headed […]
Residents of the Kurdish city of Baneh in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan staged a peaceful demonstration to condemn the murder of two Kurdish Kolbars (porters) by Iranian security forces. The peaceful demonstration was met by brutal violence and several peaceful demonstrators […]
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