PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces clashed with Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Piranshar on August 5, 2017. The clash erupted around 23:00 local time when Iran’s terrorist IRGC ambushed a platoon of the Peshmerga Forces. In the ensuing clash […]
On December 17, 1945, the PDKI overtook the last Iranian military barrack in Mahabad and raised the Kurdish flag. The Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan was officially founded on the same day. Since then, and every year on December 17, the […]
The Operational Command of PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces announced earlier today that Rasol Mehamadzadeh, a loyal and brave Peshmerga, was martyred in battle with the Islamic State (IS) in Mosul. Since the beginning of the operation to liberate Mosul, a special […]
Since 10:30 AM today, August 11, Iran renewed indiscriminate shelling of the border area between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. While some of PDKI bases have been targeted, mainly civilian populated areas in the Soran region of southern Kurdistan […]
A delegation headed by Hama Nazif Qaderi, member of PDKI’s leadership, held two separate meetings with the Group of Communities in Kurdistan, KCK, as well as Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK, to discuss regional developments and challenges. In the meeting […]
Since clashes erupted between PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces and Iran’s Islamic guards on June 15, the Iranian regime has taken various steps to cover up the casualties of its troops. The dead bodies of 31 soldiers, which Iran claims were killed […]
Yesterday, July 11, PDKI called on the Kurdish people in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan to stage a general strike to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou. The strike has been launched in the major cities of eastern Kurdistan. July 13, 2016, […]
Following ten days of heavy clashes between PDKI’s Pesgmerga Forces and Iran’s armed forces in the Mariwan region of eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan during the past two weeks, Iran arrested and prosecuted 150 of its own soldiers. These soldiers, who had […]
A graduation ceremony was held for a new platoon of Peshmergas in the Halgord Mountains, located on the border between eastern (Iranian) and southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. Since the PDKI Peshmerga Forces returned to their former bases and locations in the […]
The Operational Command of PDKI’s Peshmerga Forces reported that the road between Mehabad and Xane (Piranshar) was under the control of the Peshmerga Forces for more than one hour. Moreover, the Peshmerga Forces held a public meeting for hundreds of […]
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