On December 17, 1945, the military forces of PDKI overtook the last Iranian military barrack in Mahabad and raised the Kurdish flag. The Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan was established on the same day. The word “Peshmerga”, which in Kurdish means […]
In a statement, the PDKI commend the Kurdish people for their role in the relief effort following the earthquake in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan, which hit the Kermashan province hardest. According to official figures provided by the Iranian regime, the accuracy […]
Yesterday a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan, killing several hundred Kurds and injuring thousand others. The epicenter of the earthquake was near the Kurdish city of Salasi Bawajani in the Kermanshan province. This is the biggest earthquake to […]
In a joint statement, PDKI and Komala warn that military and terrorist attacks by Iran’s IRGC against the headquarters of both parties, located in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan, could be imminent. Both parties reserve the right to take all necessary measures […]
In a statement, PDKI calls on Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for 24 years without furlough, to end his hunger strike. PDKI also calls on human rights organizations to pressure the Iranian regime to […]
PDKI’s issued a statement on a possible attack by Iraqi Shia militias backed by Iranian terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against PDKI’s base in KoyaSanjaq. In the statement PDKI’s head of Foreign Relations Loghman H. Ahmedi said: Iraq’s army and […]
Yesterday, September 25, an Urban PDKI Peshmerga unit in Piranshar clashed with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). During the past week, Iran’s islamist regime has under the pretext of military exercises attempted to attack PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and shelled […]
Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps begun shelling the Choman and Sidikan regions of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan 12:40 local time today, September 24. Iran has also deployed fighter jets to the border between eastern (Iranian) and southern Kurdistan. In a […]
Iran’s latest threats against PDKI come against the backdrop of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s planned independence referendum and PDKI’s support for it. The latest threat was issued by Ali Shamkhani, head of the Iranian Islamist regime’s security council. PDKI leader Mustafa […]
In a statement, PDKI calls on the Kurdish people in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan as well as the Kurds in the diaspora to support southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan’s independence referendum on September 25, 2017. In its statement, PDKI emphasizes the legitimate right […]
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